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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Michael Loria

Little Village street vendors demand protection from theft that’s ‘happening more now than ever before’

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) speaks at a news conference Friday in Little Village about the need for increased protection for the Lower West Side’s street vendors, many of whom say they have been robbed in the last few months. (Michael Loria/Sun-Times)

The first time Maria Aguilar was robbed in November, it was like the three men were waiting for her, she said.

Aguilar, a tamale vendor, arrived at her usual spot in Little Village when a white truck pulled up, three men got out, one pulled a gun and the others took the $50 in cash she had on her.

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