08/22/2020
and that Labra was targeted for being .
Someone first punched him and the other people held his arms behind his back. And then they just kept beating him and beating him until he was practically unconscious," said Sabrina Enciso, Labra's granddaughter.
Labra was left with a swollen eye and bruised and bloodied lips. Enciso said her grandfather is too traumatized to talk.
"It's very confusing for him," she said. "He just knows he's never experienced anything like that in his life. He said they could have left me to die."
"It's a lot. You go from a routine that he's done every single night. This is something he does all the time, at the same time. And then now all of a sudden you’re caught off guard."
The family believes the attack was a hate crime and that Labra was targeted for being Mexican.
"He is a resident, he’s legal, and that the sad part I think that they assume," Enciso said. "They're gonna do this to people and they won't say anything and I think thats why it’s important to get the story out."
Chandra the chihuahua wasn't hurt in the attack. She was the first thing Labra saw when he came to afterwards.
"I see her as a shining star because everything that happened that night, and he just knows when he came to, the dog was right there," Enciso said.
