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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 13 > Dallas ice cream vendors ‘at mercy of robbers’

Dallas ice cream vendors ‘at mercy of robbers’

Police assure paleteros that reporting holdups won’t spur deportation

By Laura C. Morel / The Bulletin
July 13, 2011

DALLAS — Jose Ayala often carries a baseball bat in his pushcart to fend off robbers.

Deep scars mark the back of Pablo Arellano’s head from the last time he was beaten.

And recently, a 79-year-old man was kicked in the shoulder so hard it seemed to be dislocated.

For paleteros — Spanish for ice....

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