Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Socorro Flores Pando was born in Delicias, Chihuahua, México in 1942; while his father worked in the fields he helped as a water boy; in 1960, he learned of the bracero program and went to Chihuahua, Chihuahua…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Socorro O. Perez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas; in 1954, she began working as a clerk and typist at Rio Vista, a bracero processing center in Socorro, Texas; she continued working there until 1957, and…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Susan Gonzalez was born in Miami, Arizona; at age twelve she moved to Ripley, California to take care of her younger brother while her mother operated the restaurant she owned, “La Flor del Valle”; she worked as…
Tarsicio Ortíz was born October 21, 1951, in Michoacán, México; his father was born in 1915, and he labored in the fields as a campesino; during the 1940s, before he married, he enlisted in the bracero program; he continued working as a bracero until…
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.
This letter acknowledges the fact that Federico Navarro Duran worked as a bracero from 1952 to 1961. Martin Cuevas Diaz and Jesus Nava Orozco signed as witnesses that he worked in various places throughout the United States of America.
