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TIL 17 Mexican-Americans were tried for a murder and convicted without evidence or due process. L. A. sheriff testified, “Mexicans as a community had a "blood thirst” and a “biological predisposition” to crime and killing, citing the culture of human sacrifice practiced by their Aztec ancestors.“

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