Perfecto Era

On March 5, 1981, Perfecto Manera, age 42, was found murdered in Immokalee, Florida. The homicide occurred in the small, often overlooked town, which was marked by a transient population due to the large number of migrant workers. Manera was a victim of a stabbing, a tragic crime that was part of the area's reputation for violence, particularly against vulnerable residents such as farmworkers and those living on the margins of society.

Immokalee during the early 1980s was a harsh enviro ...