Law-enforcement officials say it is difficult to infiltrate Hispanic criminal organizations.

But this time around, several national Hispanic organisations got into the act and managed to stir up some interest on a national level.

First efforts at education did not use black and Hispanic community-based organizations.

The league, with about 100,000 members, is considered the nation's largest Hispanic organization.

Ms. Castro has also held leadership positions in a number of Hispanic organizations.

He began attending the functions of virtually every Dominican and Hispanic organization in the district.

Areizaga-Soto is an officer in a number of Hispanic civic and political organizations.

But if not, he plans to work with other Hispanic organizations to build housing, he said.

Only recently was an independent black and Hispanic legal organization formed within our county.

"I was told to my face by someone intimate with the church that it was because we are a Hispanic organization."