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Reies Tijerina was a vocal claimant to the rights of Hispanics and Mexican Americans, and he remains a major figure of the early Chicano Movement.
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The Alianza Federal de Mercedes, led by Reies Tijerina, raided the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in 1967.
Alianza Federal de Mercedes, which in English translates to Federal Land Grant Alliance, was a group led by Reies Tijerina based in New Mexico in the 1960s that fought for the land rights of Chicano New Mexicans.
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Reies was accused of being the getaway driver during a failed attempt to free his brother from Pinal County Jail.
Tijerina and was
The National Guard, FBI and New Mexico State Police successfully pursued Tijerina, who was sentenced to less than three years.
Citing the recent rape and murder of a local eight-year-old girl who was waiting for the bus, Tijerina and the other parents requested police protection for their children, which was denied.
In the early 1950s, Tijerina was first encouraged to divert his religious energy into politics.
On this trip to Mexico, Tijerina realized that the biggest obstacle to his success was " the fear the Anglo had placed in land grant-heirs ' hearts through their foreign education.
Tijerina claims to have later found out that the real reason for the harassment was " Rockefeller money was planning to build a model city about a mile from the Valley of Peace.
On March 19 of the same year, Tijerina was charged with the grand theft of six feed-trailer wheels.
During the investigation, officials found out that Margarito Tijerina, who had joined the commune, was wanted in Indiana and took him into custody.
In the ensuing melee, Tijerina was removed to safety and his brother, Anselmo, was arrested for assaulting Tijerina's attacker.
The authorities came close to apprehending Tijerina many times, and he was maligned in the local press as a " Communist " and a " bandit ".
When Tijerina's brother Margarito was released from prison in Michigan City, Tijerina took advantage of the opportunity to meet with Elijah Muhammad.
Tijerina was elected president and Eduardo Chávez was elected vice-president.
It was also at this time that the local press gave Tijerina the nickname of Don Quixote, belittling his quest to restore the property rights of land grant heirs.
The insult crushed the hopes of many Alianzistas that Mexico would bring their case to the United Nations, and led Tijerina to suspect that the FBI was behind the deportation.
The next Monday, Tijerina surrendered to authorities in Albuquerque and was charged with fifty-four criminal counts including kidnapping and armed assault.
Forbidden from discussing the history of the land grant, Tijerina was ultimately convicted of destruction of federal property and assault on a federal officer and sentenced to two years ' imprisonment.
In March 1968, Tijerina was elected to lead the Chicano contingent of the Washington, D. C. march of the Poor People's Campaign.
Much was made of this " rift " in the mainstream press, which claimed that Tijerina insisted that the Hispanic delegation go first.
On June 23, 1969, the day that Warren E. Burger was sworn in as Chief Justice, Tijerina returned to Washington to place him under citizen's arrest.
In early 1970, Tijerina was sentenced to prison for charges related to the 1967 Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid.
Tijerina and rights
While on the run, Tijerina continued to research communal land rights, the U. S. Constitution, and the rights guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Tijerina based his closing argument on Article 6, Section two of the Constitution, which obligates the government to comply with the terms of international treaties, i. e., the protection of the property rights of land-grantees as provided by articles 8 and 9 of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Nonetheless, Tijerina continued to advocate for land rights, for human unity, and for an investigation into the death of Eulogio Salazar.
Tijerina and Hispanics
Nevertheless, the Alianza's activities raised the ire of many influential and powerful New Mexican Hispanics, who saw Tijerina as an outsider who had come to upset the status quo.
Tijerina and Mexican
Suspecting a plot to poison him and blame the mafia, Tijerina refused to eat, preferring scraps saved by fellow Mexican prisoners.
* Andrés Tijerina, Tejanos and Texas under the Mexican Flag, 1821-1836 ( 1994 ),
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Attempting to make a citizen's arrest of the district attorney " to bring attention to the unscrupulous means by which government and Anglo settlers had usurped Hispanic land grant properties ", an armed struggle in the courthouse ensued resulting in Tijerina and his group fleeing to the south with two prisoners as hostages.
Under the leadership of Felix Tijerina, LULAC Council 60, of Houston, Texas, chose Ganado to be its first community to pilot the program.
* Tijerina, Andrés.
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After several years as a pastor starting in 1950 and later as an itinerant preacher, in 1956 Tijerina and 17 families of his followers sought to purchase land in Texas on which to create their version of the Kingdom of God.
Tijerina obtained a permit from the Arizona Department of Education to construct a school and to educate their children.
Tijerina soon found himself thrust into the role of bail bondsman for these minority communities.
On April 18, 1956, Tijerina delivered his daughter Ira de Alá, the first person to be born in the colony.
Tijerina and two other men went to file a report with Sheriff Lawrence White.
Devastated by his losses, Tijerina could not sleep.
Following the vision, Tijerina felt that his life had purpose and direction, and his experience, which he interpreted as divine, gave him an unwavering conviction.
As Tijerina recalls, " He said to my face, ' I don't like preachers, they take advantage of the people.
'" In June 1956, Tijerina and a few bravos went to Monero, New Mexico, to visit a community that had previously welcomed him.
Tijerina empathized with their plight, and offered to do what he could to help them, on the condition that they unite to " re-gather the strength that the Anglos had taken from " them.
" While education had been a key factor in the founding of the Valley of Peace, it now took on an even more important dimension in the life of Tijerina and in the struggle for the land.
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