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March 3, 2009

Florida Man Shoots Dead Two Chilean Students
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In Florida, two students from Chile were killed last week when a gunman
opened fire on a townhouse where they were staying. Police are
investigating the shooting as a likely hate crime. Three other Chilean
students were injured in the shooting. A sixty-year-old man named Dannie
Baker has been charged with the killings. Baker was known for his
anti-immigrant views. The Southern Poverty Law Center recently reported
hate crimes against Latinos jumped by 40 percent between 2003 and 2007.



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