Left to Right: Abel Murillo, Juan Ceasr Murillo, and Hector Murillo. This photograph was taken by their older sister, Hilda Murillo at El Mercadito in East Los Angeles, CA. The family was celebrating Hector's graduation from Roosevelt High School.He is the eldest of 7 children.
This collection includes electronic copies of documents related to the review of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department investigation into the death of Ruben Salazar on August 29, 1970. The investigation report was completed on February 22, 2011. Mr. Salazar was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a news director at KMEX, Los Angeles’ pioneering Spanish-language television station. He was killed by a tear-gas canister fired by a deputy during a raid on the Silver Dollar bar in East Los Angeles. At the time, he was covering the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War. This collection was donated to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center in August 2011 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Following their accession, the LACSD confirmed the status of the materials as being in the public domain and approved the dissemination of these records through the UCLA Digital Library. The collection consists of the 2011 report as well as electronic copies of photographs, redacted documents, and audio recordings from the 1970 investigation.
Laguna Park was later re-named Ruben Salazar Park after the L.A. Times journalist Ruben Salazar who was killed at the August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium. The Moratorium took place at Laguna Park and extended into the community of East Los Angeles. Rosalio, Maria Rosalia, and Ricardo all attended the Moratorium.