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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Roberto García Sánchez was born on May 13, 1933, in El Bueyero, Mexticacán, Jalisco, México; his mother’s name was Dominga Sánchez, and his father’s name was Cruz García; Robert had eight siblings, but two of…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Roberto Heynes was born on May 1, 1917, in Tepehuanes, Durango, México; he was the youngest of four siblings; their parents died when he was only a year old, and they were raised by their maternal relatives;…

Roberto Silva Marín was born June 6, 1938, in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, México; he had six sisters and five brothers; his father was a campesino; the family moved to Jalpa, Zacatecas, México when he was eight years old; as a young boy, he helped his…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rosario Rentería was born on May 14, 1939, on a ranch named Tacote, and she was raised in Nayarit, México; her father’s name was Eugenio Rentería, and her mother’s name was Refugio Gómez de Rentería; Rosario was…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sabas Luna was born in 1939, in Tlaltenango [de Sánchez Román], Zacatecas, México; his parents were campesinos whose main crop was corn, and he was the fourth of nine children; he was formally educated through…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sebastián Jaimes was born in 1914, in Coyota (later San José del Río), Michoacán, México; as a young boy, he worked in the fields with his family; two of his siblings died when he was a child; in 1952, he was…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Servando Peñaloza was born in Guayameo, Guerrero, México; he worked in agriculture from the age of six; at the age of nineteen, he moved to Mexico City, México; he joined the bracero program in 1955 with his…

Social support fund document (1942-1964)

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.

This notarized letter acknowledges the fact that Faustino Martinez worked as a bracero from 1957 to 1962. Two people signed as witnesses that he worked in both Imperial and San Joaquin Valley.

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This happened in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.

Arturo Lopez Corella acknowledges the fact that both witnesses are being honest about their identities and what they have testified to be true.

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This letter was written in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.

According to this letter, Roberto Morales Aganza and Rafael Garcia Molina testify to the fact that Asterio Lopez Leon was a bracero during the years of 1949 to 1963. This letter was written in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on September 10, 2003.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Víctor Martínez was born on July 28, 1934, in Tlaquiltenango, Morelos, México; as a child, he worked with his family harvesting corn, peanuts, and rice; he stopped attending school at an early age due to the ill…

Vidal Tafoya was born April 28, 1948, on a ranch in Tarengo, [Jalisco] México; his parents were campesinos, and he had six siblings; he was formally educated through the third grade; by the time he was eleven years old, he was already working in the…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Vicente Delgado was born in a small town by the name of Cerro Gordo, between Teloloapan and Acatepec, Guerrero, México; he was raised on a ranch and had very humble beginnings; when he was eighteen, he came into…