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Lucero family spokesman is high-profile NYC activist

Self-styled activist Fernando Mateo, based in New York City, rolled into Suffolk County shortly after the alleged bias murder of Marcelo Lucero and soon began speaking on behalf of the victim's family.

He operates as president of a nonprofit group called Hispanics Across America and denies the comparison that some in politics are quick to make about his role: as a kind of Latino Rev. Al Sharpton.

"No,...

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