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Rodolfo Cruz Figueroa
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rodolfo Cruz was born near Mexico City, México; he was the oldest of six siblings; at an early age, he worked in agriculture; at the age of sixteen, he moved to Miacatlán, Morelos, México; he joined the bracero…
Newspaper Article
This article clipping pertains to the San Luis Potosi Senator, Yolanda Eugenia Gonzalez Hernandez. The Senator states that she strongly believes that more people should be allowed to pursue their backwages. There should also be an extension so that…
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.
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.
Jesús Rivera López
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Rivera López was born on October 7, 1934, in Corrales, Juchitlán, Jalisco, México; he is the eldest of his five brothers; from 1942 to 1953 his father worked in the bracero program; in 1956, against his…
Zenon Martinez Banda
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Zenon Martínez Banda was born in Lagunillas, San Luis Potosí, México; his father worked on a milpa; as a boy, he helped his father work in the fields growing corn and green beans; he was never formally educated;…
José L. Orozco
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Orozco was born on April 8, 1950, in Jalisco, México; he was the sixth of ten siblings to be born; his father and two older brothers worked as braceros; as a bracero, his father worked in Arizona,…
Jesús Humberto Félix Beltrán
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Humberto Félix Beltrán was born in Chacala, Durango, México, on October 11, 1932; as a child, he moved around a lot; in 1954, he enlisted in the bracero program; he worked in California for the next six…
Juan Báez Barragán
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Juan Báez Barragán was born on April 15, 1922, in Aguililla, Michoacán, México; his parents worked in agriculture, and he was the fourth eldest of his eight siblings; he was never formally educated, because…
Application for back wages
Luis Figueroa Encinas filled out this application in for back wages owed to him.
Tags: application, back wages, Figueroa Encinas
Application for back wages
Luis Figueroa Encinas filled out this application in for back wages owed to him.
Tags: application, back wages, Figueroa Encinas
Testimony letter
This notarized letter acknowledges the fact that Luis Figueroa Encinas worked as a bracero in 1957. Juan Topete Hernandez and Luis Ramirez Montes sign as witnesses.
Testimony letter (back)
Arturo Lopez Corella acknowledges the fact that both witnesses are being honest about their identities and what they have testified to be true.
Testimony letter
Two individuals acknowledges the fact that Luis Figueroa Encinas was a bracero from 1952-1961.
Registration Form
This registration form verifies that the Mexican government received Luis Figueroa Encinas' application on September 25, 2003 for his 10%.
Registration Form
This portion of a registration form was filled for Luis Figueroa Encinas with the help of Jesus M. Calles. In it, he outlines his personal information as well as the information of his children. It was filled out September 16, 2003.
Tags: 2003, Baja California, children, Encinas, figueroa, Mexicali, registration