Friday, December 7th, 2012
PRESS RELEASE Litigation Settlement Prevents Sheriff Baca From Keeping Decades-Old Documents Under Wraps And Subject Only to In-Person Supervised Review LOS ANGELES, CA - On Tuesday, MALDEF settled its lawsuit against Sheriff Lee Baca and the County of Los Angeles challenging the Sheriff’s attempt to withhold unredacted records regarding the 1970 killing of prominent journalist, Rubén
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
(Editor’s note: the following is a MALDEF Press Release) Today (4/23/12) MALDEF filed a petition for writ of mandate to compel Sheriff Lee Baca to release public records relating to the death of Ruben Salazar. Sheriff Baca...
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The painting in the picture depicts the moment that Los Angeles journalist Ruben Salazar was killed 41 years ago. For many years the cause of Salazar’s death was a matter of controversy and cover up. He was as seasoned a journalist as journalists get:...
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
After more than 15 years of asking to see the records pertaining to the killing of Rubén Salazar, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has agreed to let reporters see the documents with no cameras and with...

