LA Pinoys part of gang war
May 5, 2008 -- Got something to say?
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It said last year four Filipinos-Fermin Pagaling, Benjamin Abella, Emanuel Valenciano, and Severa Madrona-met gruesome deaths in the streets of this city, where gang-related crimes infest neighborhoods in staggering frequency. Pagaling, 56, was stabbed to death at 503 W. 209th St under broad morning light on January 3. Two weeks after, on January 15, 55-year old Abella, was shot in the head on the westbound 60 Freeway near Indiana Street in City Terrace. Eight days later, Valenciano, only 22, was stabbed repeatedly in an alley at 1322 S. 5th Ave. in Midtown. In the morning of September 18, Severa Madrona, a 76-year-old woman, was beaten to death at the intersection of Eriel Avenue and 152nd Place in Gardena. Two weeks ago, Latino and black families mourn new casualties of gang-related violence. A recent report by CBS and the “Los Angeles Times” says that 80,000 gang members-mostly blacks and Latinos-proliferate this city of nearly four million people of diverse ethnicities. Almost 75 percent of youth gang homicides in California have occurred in LA County, according to Connie Rice, author of the study “A Call to Action: A Case for a Comprehensive Solution to L.A.’s Gang Violence Epidemic.”
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