Mom pushes for tough gang laws following tragedy

HOLDING ONTO A JOCKEY A WOMAN WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER IN A GANGLAND RESTAURANT ROBBERY WANTS HER DAUGHTER S DEATH TO LEAD TO A SAFER ALBUQUERQUE STUART DYSON TALKED WITH STEPHANIE ANDERSON S MOM THIS AFTERNOON HE S HERE WITH TONIGHT S TOP STORY STU STEPHANIE DIED IN AN UTTERLY SENSELESS SHOOTING AS MEMBERS OF THE NOTORIOUS MS-13 GANG - ARMED TO THE TEETH - TOOK OVER A DENNY S RESTAURANT TEN DAYS AGO - NOW HER MOM WANTS SOMETHING GOOD TO COME OUT OF IT - STRONGER LAWS - A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR GANGLAND VIOLENCE I feel like my daughter s life - being taken the way it was - should not be taken in vain STEPHANIE S ASHES SHARE THE ROOM AS HER MOM PRISCILLA GARCIA TALKS ABOUT GANGS - GUNS - THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE THAT TOOK STEPHANIE S LIFE IN A STRONGARM STICKUP AT THE CROWDED RESTAURANT WHERE SHE WORKED These gang members did not even care whether or not there were small children - there were adults - there were the employees there - their focus was on their greed TWO SUSPECTED MS-13 GANGSTERS CAPTURED ONE STILL ON THE LOOSE - ALL THREE HERE ILLEGALLY FROM EL SALVADOR WHERE MS-13 HAS ROOTS Tighter laws so that these gang members - we re not inviting them into our state - and even if we had tighter laws they might not like living here STEPHANIE S MOM YEARNING FOR A NEW MEXICO - AND A WORLD - SAFE FROM THE BRAZEN ASSASSINS OF MS-13 AND OTHER VIOLENT GANGS I deplore any form of violence as my Stephanie did - it s ironic that she had to be taken - that her life was taken through a violent act STEPHANIE ANDERSON WAS 34 YEARS OLD - LESS THAN FIVE FEET TALL - WEIGHED MAYBE 90 POUNDS - UNARMED OF COURSE - STILL A TARGET FOR THE