`It can happen again`: America`s long history of attacks against Latinos
(The Guardian Mexico)

Last year marked a century since another Texas massacre, part of a legacy of racist violence leading up to El Paso`It can happen again.` That´s what Arlinda Valencia said last year, at a ceremony in Texas marking the 100th anniversary of the massacre of 15 Mexicans and Mexican-Americans by a group of white men.Valencia´s great-grandfather was one of the 15 unarmed men and boys who were woken up in the middle of the night in Porvenir, Texas, in 1918, taken outside, and shot to death. The slaughter, which was carried out by white Texas Rangers, US soldiers, and local vigilantes, was justified by labeling the Mexican American families `bandits` and criminals. Related: `No one cares till someone dies`: El Paso activists long feared their city was at risk Continue reading...