Latina Lista: Dallas Latino Middle School Students are Saying Cheese - But Nobody is Smiling; Theyre Dying

Posted on: February 26th, 2007
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“The emails started coming this past Monday: “Latino kids being targeted. Please help. Get involved.”

That was the gist of a city-wide campaign in Dallas spearheaded by Latino community leaders when they heard the news of a 15-year-old Latino student, Oscar Gutierrez, who died last weekend after a long struggle with drug use.”

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