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DESCRIPTION:“Fruit of War” Benefit Supporting Alex Sanchez of Homies 
 Unidos\nTuesday, July 28, 2009\n\nEl Rio, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 6:30 
 PM\n3158 Mission Street in San Francisco\nFollowed by live commentary and 
 question and answer period, including filmmaker, Josiah Hooper.\n\nPlease 
 join us for a screening of “Fruit of War” about recently indicted Alex 
 Sanchez, the executive director of Homies Unidos, a non-profit in Los 
 Angeles. Alex’s community organizing led a federal immigration judge to 
 grant him asylum, as the MS-13 gang has targeted him for persecution in El 
 Salvador. His work here in the U.S. has helped troubled youth steer clear 
 of gangs. Heedlessly, domestic authorities have arrested him repeatedly and 
 investigated him for years despite his renunciation of his former gang 
 affiliation.\n\nAlex has been targeted by the police for the courageous 
 work he did for justice by helping expose misconduct of Los Angeles Police 
 officers in the Ramparts scandal. The inability of city, county and state 
 officers and prosecutors to establish evidence of criminal wrongdoing led 
 to their collaboration with FBI officers, other federal investigators and 
 the U.S. Attorney to charge him under the RICO statute. This collaboration 
 culminated in his recent federal indictment under RICO for conspiracy to 
 commit murder of an alleged gang member in El Salvador. While the alleged 
 wiretap evidence has yet to be disclosed, he has been denied bail by a 
 federal magistrate. Federal District Court Judge Real has been assigned to 
 review this bail determination, but his conservative record may bode poorly 
 for Alex.\n\nThis film is a benefit to fund further distribution of DVD’s 
 of the documentary, inform more people of his good work by prompting 
 screenings in other cities, and perhaps provide Alex with a small 
 contribution toward a fund for his defense and his family members (wife and 
 kids), who are in crisis because of his incarceration.\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/22/18612078.php
SUMMARY:Fruits of War Screening & Benefit
LOCATION:El Rio, 3158 Mission Street in San Francisco\n21 & up (sorry  :( )
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/22/18612078.php
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