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Peasant land occupations widen in Sinaloa Mexico
In Los Mochis and across four Sinaloa valleys about 3,000 landless peasants, forming more than 80 groups, occupy private farmland and set up camps demanding deeds. They oppose evictions, fear displacement, and seek land as the Lopez Portillo era policies weigh favor of production over expropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Riding
N.Y
Los Mochis
Mexico
Jose Maria Dominguez
Saul Salcedo
Ignacio Zaragoza
Sinaloa
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Sonora
Jose Lopez Portillo
Sergio Herrera Y Cairo
Salcedo
United States
Guasave
Carrizo Valley
Rigoberto Valdes
el Tajito Extension Group
Valdes
Echeverria
National Peasant Confederation
Mexico City
Castulo Pontes
Marcelo Loya
Bernardo Reyes Gomez
Carlotta Pacheco
Victor Manuel Barrantes
Small Farmers Association of
Lopez Portillo