Nestora Salgado: Freed. After more than two and a half years in prison and being exonerated from all charges, Nestora Salgado was freed. The former chief of community police in Olinala, in Guerrero, one of the most violent areas in Mexico, spent years in maximum security prisons and months in solitary confinement. Thanks to a broad international campaign and a remarkable legal defense, she is free and now back in the US, making a call to free hundreds of political prisoners from Mexican jails. Raúl Silva files the report.
Berry Workers Mark Anniversary with March to the Border. With a four-day march and caravan and a gathering at the Tijuana border with US groups to launch a consumer boycott against multinational Driscoll’s, farm labor unionists mark the anniversary of the massive labor strike that a year ago shook the fields in the rich San Quintin Valley in Northern Mexico. In the aftermath of the strike, labor leaders negotiated fourteen agreements with the Mexican government. Now they say the agreements haven’t been enforced. Rubén Tapia followed the journey and prepared this report. This story is part of the series Voy Contratado: Derechos de los Migrantes en Radio.
Exodus Reunifies Salvadoran Sisters. El Salvador is a country that, while not at war, has one of the highest rates of violence in the world. Thousands of families, including unaccompanied children, are fleeing violence hoping to reach the US border, and facing a number of risks when crossing through Mexico. In those circumstances, just imagine yourself, starting your trip and all of a sudden having as companion a sister that you had never met. That’s exactly what happened to two young women who fled from El Salvador and sought refuge in the US. Zaidee Stavely has the story. This feature report is part of the series “Speaking of Race.” The English version of Stavely’s story is being aired on Public Radio International’s “The World.”
