Ofelia Garcia is a 59-year old grandmother from Cicero, Illinois, who police allege masterminded an attack by three teenagers on Esperanza Medina on July 28, 2008.Fox News: Suspect in Acid Attack Thought Victim Was Seeing Ex (November 10, 2008)
Medina was accosted in her car by three juveniles who threw acid at her and stole her purse. The attack was recorded on surveillance video.Fox News: Suspect in Acid Attack Thought Victim Was Seeing Ex (November 10, 2008)
Attack on Esperanza Medina
Prosecutors allege that Garcia planned the assault on Medina "because she believed the victim was seeing her ex-husband". Linda Dirzo, 58, admitted that she drove three juveniles, one girl and two boys, to Medina's house. There, as Medina was getting into her car to go to work, the three threw acid on her and stole her purse.ABC7: Woman burned by acid-like liquid in robbery (July 28, 2008)
The surveillance video form a nearby business showed two women and a man being dropped out of a car and then running down the street. The man carried a baseball bat, and one of the women carried a large purse.ABC7: Woman burned by acid-like liquid in robbery (July 28, 2008)
In August, two juveniles were arrested on the basis of the surveillance video, and on November 10, 2008, Ofelia Garcia and the others were arrested.Fox News: Suspect in Acid Attack Thought Victim Was Seeing Ex (November 10, 2008)
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Medina suffered third-degree burns on 25% of her body and may lose the sight of one eyeFox News: Suspect in Acid Attack Thought Victim Was Seeing Ex (November 10, 2008)
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Others charged in the incident were Linda Dirzo, Maria Olvera-Garcia, and a an unnamed 16-yar oldFox News: 4 More Charged in Chemical Attack of Logan Square Woman (November 9, 2008)
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