Latino Gang In The Bronx Torture Gay Recruits, Sodomizing With Baseball Bats & Plunger Poles

Other relatives who showed up at court refused to speak, saying they were afraid of a violent reprisal by the Latin Kings. The sick attacks – the latest in a surge in anti-gay incidents across the region – outraged public leaders.

“When any New Yorker is attacked because of who they are or who they love, the fabric that binds us together is torn,” Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The torture began early last Sunday in an abandoned Morris Heights building – nicknamed the Goonie House – where gang members frequently partied. The 30-year-old victim’s older brother was later beaten and robbed at his Bronx home.

Mendez was charged with robbery in 2005 and with gun possession in 2007 and 2009, records show. Neighbors at his E. 197th St. building described Mendez rounding up friends to torture a stray cat two months ago. “One of the cat’s eyes was out and one of these [guys] was poking its eye socket with a stick,” said the neighbor. “They were cheering like they just scored a touchdown.”

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