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Newspaper Article

This article clipping lists the amount of money the government offered to pay ex-braceros in back wages. It was published in "La Cronica" (Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) on December 28, 2005.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

There are three newspaper photographs with captions. The top one states that ex-braceros were misled. This photograph was published November 29, 2005. The middle one states that ex-braceros were about to block the border to protest the incarceration…

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This is a political cartoon in regards to ex-braceros and the banks that took the back wages. This cartoon was published on February 12, 2004.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

There are two newspaper clippings. The top one talks about the lawsuit that braceros have placed against the United States' government. The bottom one talks about an agreement that the Mexican government reached with members of Alianza Braceros Proa.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This article clipping is in regards to a meeting that the Mexican government had with ex-braceros and their supporters. The point of the meeting was to find a conclusion to the back wages owed to the ex-braceros, but the meeting was inconclusive. The…

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Newspaper Article

This article clipping is about the organization movement of ex-braceros through the efforts of Alianza Braceros Proa. The article was published on January 24, 2004.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

The top article clipping is a continuation of another article clipping. It's about braceros who are organizing to get back their 10%. The bottom article discusses the plans of ex-braceros from Sonora to protest in Guanjauto.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This article clipping articulates the fact that ex-braceros organizers demand for social security rights for the workers. They cite the fact that many of these men are seniors or incapacitated.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This article clipping refers to announcement that ex-braceros made to block the U.S.-Mexico border for ten minutes in support of the May 1st marches.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This article clipping talks about the disillusion that many ex-braceros have with the idea of only receiving 30,000 pesos as compensation for back wages. This was published February 7, 2006.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This article clipping states that ex-braceros from San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora were not included in the negotiations for their back wages. This article was published in La Cronica on February 7, 2006 in Mexicali, Baja California.

Tags: 10%, back wages, Baja California, La Cronica, Mexicali, newspaper article, protests, Quintero, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

Newspaper Article

This article clipping is the continuation of another clipping. The article refers to the fact that ex-braceros from San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora were not counted in the negotiations for back wages. It was published February 7, 2006.

Tags: 10%, back wages, Baja California, La Cronica, Mexicali, newspaper article, protests, Quintero, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora

Newspaper Article

The article clipping explicates the fact that ex-braceros protested against the Bush's administrations desire to build a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This photograph includes braceros standing at the Park "Heroes de Chapultepec." They are waiting to reunite and discuss their plan of action in order to receive their back wages.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Newspaper Article

This article clipping refers to an announcement that ex-braceros made to block the U.S.-Mexico border for ten minutes in support of the May 1st marches. This article was published in "La Cronica" on April 17, 2006 in Mexicali, Baja California,…

Tags: 10%, 2006, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero, U.S.-Mexico border

Newspaper Article

This newspaper's caption reads that not even time can deter ex-braceros from demanding their owed wages. This was published in "La voz" February 13, 2006 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.

Tags: 10%, back wages, newspaper article, protests, Quintero

Certificate of Recognition

Cover of the Certificate of Recognition.

Tags: 1953, certificate of recognition, Flores, labor

Certificate of Recognition (back)

This is the interior of the certificate of recognition for Jesus Flores. He received it on March 13, 1953.

Tags: 1953, certificate of recognition, Flores, labor

Identification card

This card identifies Asterio Lopez Leon as a chauffeur in Hermosillo, Sonora on January 11, 1963.

Tags: 1963, driver, Hermosillo, Identification Card, Leon, Lopez, Mexico, Sonora

Identification card

This cedula personal is a personal identification card issued to Asterio Lopez Leon on January 18, 1963.

Tags: 1963, Identification Card, Leon, Lopez

Identification card (back)

This cedula personal is a personal identification card issued to Asterio Lopez Leon on January 18, 1963.

Tags: 1963, Identification Card, Leon, Lopez

Certificate of baptism

This is the baptismal certificate for Asterio Lopez Leon. It has all of the general information about his baptism including his birth date (10/28/1927) and date of baptism (12/25/1927).

Tags: 1927, certificate of baptism, Leon, Lopez

Certificate of baptism (back)

This is the baptismal certificate for Asterio Lopez Leon. It has all of the general information about his baptism including his birth date (10/28/1927) and date of baptism (12/25/1927).

Tags: 1927, certificate of baptism, Leon, Lopez