The kids woke up when they heard the screaming, ran out of their little shack and up the hill to a neighbor's house. Alex, a drug addict and local pusher came early in the morning with a machete to teach his girlfriend a lesson. He burst into the shack angry and high on crystal ... the more Sara, his girl friend, screamed the more he hacked her.
Her two sisters and 70 year old mother were in the room too and tried to intervene. They were yelling and screaming for Alex to stop cutting into Sara. The more they all screamed the angrier he became; In a rage he started cutting them all! The neighbors said the screaming went on for more than an hour.
It ended up a bloodbath!
By the time the police arrived two women were dead and the others were severely cut up, Grandma is still in the hospital.
And Alex, known in his barrio as "El Tigri (The Tiger);" ... he escaped down the canyon side.
The people are staying inside these nights.
On several occasions we've helped Sara get food for the four kids. Last night; in quiet contrast to the Monday before, the funeral was held. We placed flowers near the caskets and we'll help pull what's left of these families together, especially the kids.
We can always use your prayers for protection as we work these needy yet violent neighborhoods.
