[Orange1998]

Ritcheson, a Mexican-American, was beaten unconscious and sodomized with a plastic pole by two men shouting “White Power!” during a drug-fueled party in April 2006. He was hospitalized for more than three months and endured 20-30 painful surgeries in the months following the attack.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

Ritcheson, a Mexican-American, was beaten unconscious and sodomized with a plastic pole by two men shouting “White Power!”

I am not doubting the story but criticizing the writers here. If he was unconscious how would he know what the men said?

Since I live in Texas and in my neighborhood it really isn't clear who is a "Mexican-America" and who is darker skinned European what was said that identified Ritcheson as a Mexican-American?