Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack

Luis Ramirez was a 25 year old Mexican immigrant who was beaten to death last week by a group of teenagers in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. He was walking home last Monday night when six white high school students brutally beat him while yelling racial slurs. When one of Ramirez’s friends tried to stop the beating, one of the teenagers said, “Tell your Mexican friends to get out of town, or you’ll be laying next to him.”

Despite eyewitness testimony no charges have been filed as yet. Ramirez came to the United States six years ago. He was the father of two children and was engaged to Crystal Dillman, who grew up in Shenandoah.

We called the District Attorney investigating the case but he declined to join us on the program and said he had no comment on the case.

I am joined now from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Arielle Garcia, a friend of the Luis Ramirez who was an eyewitness to the attack. She is a high-school senior in Shenandoah.

Arielle Garcia, friend of Luis Ramirez. She witnessed the beating.

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