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Chicano Squad

The Death of José Campos Torres

Chicano Squad

Vox Media

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 1977, the body of 23-year-old veteran José Campos Torres was discovered in the waters of Buffalo Bayou. The city of Houston would never be the same. Take our listener survey here; thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What happens now?

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What happens now?

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How will I cope?

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How will I cope?

0:32.0

Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer, the people you know.

0:36.0

You just want to talk to someone who knows how you feel.

0:41.0

That's why I joined the Macmillan online community. We know what it's like because

0:46.6

we're living with cancer too. And whatever's on your mind, we're here to help. To join us, search Macmillan online community.

0:56.0

It was a spring afternoon in Houston in 1978. The date was May 7th. It was a Sunday after

1:08.5

Cinco de Mayo. Thousands of people gathered at a sprawling green space north of downtown called Moody Park to celebrate the Mexican holiday.

1:17.0

Now as a Tejana, that's a Mexican-American Texan, I can't help but think of my own typical Sundays with my family

1:24.7

filled with Bandulse and Barbacoa runs so we could celebrate the weekend with the

1:30.0

Mexican Staples. In 1978 the neighborhood near Moody Park was largely Latino, mostly of Mexican descent,

1:37.8

still as today, and so Cinco de Mayo was a holiday to celebrate exuberantly. I don't consider it a holiday myself but the

1:46.4

U.S. sure seems to think it is. That day Livedejano bands played and the parks 35 acres were full of family picnics.

1:59.0

But as festive as the event was, a certain charge, an ominous energy, lurked beneath the surface.

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