“[Until the Salvation Army came, Alvarez and Perez had used water from a lake behind their mobile home community to shower and fend off the heat, even after receiving a warning from the state's Department of Health that the lake is contaminated.] We're desperate, ... No one has come out to help us. We're poor, but we're still human beings.”
Carlos Alvarez
“Endless rejections in the present always transmute into endless abundance in the future”
Victor Perez Centeno
“With over 100 people there, someone had to see something. In some ways, I feel like (Perez) doesn't rest in peace because no one had to pay. Some of his best friends know who did it and haven't said anything.”
Connie Trujillo
“The only thing that appears clear at this point ... is that this case involves multiple victims, and she (Perez) is one of them.”
Curtis Brown
“[Perez is a wonderful storyteller in the piece showing a rare openness.] People had told me 'Tony Perez was private. He's not controversial. He won't say too much,' ... But he was so unbelievably open. It's the subject. They (Latin ballplayers) all want to talk about this.”
Dan Klores
“would have probably led to the early detection of disgraced former officer Rafael Perez.”
Steve Cooley
“Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, threw the head of the bat on it and it hit the wall. I made the pitch I wanted to, and he happened to hit it. He's a strong kid.”
Pedro Martinez