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Caller-Times Sun May 30 1971 why California narcotics authorities would suspect their small frame house She says the place didn't have a water heater or indoor toilet facilities She says they would go elsewhere to batne Ibarra said that Juanita is a pnthie girl and realizes she must share a heavy burden with her mother in looking after the children not going to for-et those men as long as she ives they killed her father" Guadalupe 15 Rosita 18 Refugio 11 Adelina 4 and Gloria 14 local Legal Aid office has compiled information on the incident to be furnished members the Texas congressional dele- in Washington the Jus-e Department and the FBI Several Mexican-American including LULAC in California are pressing for a thorough investigation Juanita said she explain Slaying Was in Error Leaves Family Sad and Bitter 'work before returning to Lare-Itera do Ibarra said he his wife daughter Delia and three of the Garcia children will be in Riverside County shortly to testifyat a grand Jury investigation The family has retained the services of the Laredo law Ann of Castil-lon Matui Freed and Kazen He explained that attorneys Carlos Castillon and John Mann will represent the family Castillon is the district attorney for the 4th Judicial District here Ibarra said his daughter Delia witnessed the shooting He said she was manhandled several of the hippie-dressed men In addition to Juanita the Garcia children are five brothers Fernando I Ricardo I Lauro 3 Francisco Jr 12 and Gilberto months and five sis- Die of Stkm SOUTH PARK INSURANCX AGIHCY 853-9941 HOMI OWNER f-FIRI 3 YEAR ROUCIII 3912 PADRE ISLAND DR MB HVTCHMS HM Mother 11 Children Back In Laredo After Tragedy LAREDO (Sp) Juanita Garcia is a sad and bitter girl A few days ago a tragic law enforcement error took the life of her father and emotionally scarred her mother and 10 other younger brothers and sisters Juanita 18 strained to hold back the tears as she recalled eosa tan (that terrible thing) the tragic May12 incident inj mazoisa 02co SURVIVORS Francisco Garcia Sr who was killed in California left 11 children: (front row left to right) Fernando 9 Adelina 4 Ricardo 6 Mrs Garcia and Gilberto 6 monlhs (second row left to right) Francisco Jr 12 Rosita 16 Juanita 18 Guadalupe 13 Refugio 11 Gloria 14 and Lauro 3 the Garcia latest addition Gilberto months old the following day Juanita said her parents earlier had been in El Indio Calif 13 miles away to apply for federal food stamp aid She said her parents came home with some groceries and after a short while boarded the truck to call on the Ibarras Close Family always went out to greet my father and mother whenever they came home from work from the store or anywhere" Juanita said are a large family and we are very close Daddy loved us all very much and he always had time for i hug and a Mrs Garcia the mother ml raculnusly escaped serious injury in the hail of bullrls which left the vehicle -in shambles Juanita said the truck reminded her of the automobiles shot to pieces In the and motion picture She recalled having to kick some of the armed men and ffght them off to reach the truck brother Francisco finally opened the door and we saw baddy already dead and my mother all covered with blood and splattered with broken Juanita recalled A coroner hi El Indio Calif said Garcia was struck by several bullets In the legs the chest and head The body was transferred to Laredo for burial May 22 The Garcia friend Ibarra returned Mrs Garcia and the 11 children to Laredo Ibarra said Riverside County California authorities paid for front of the Garcia small rented farm house off California dirt road Juanita's father Francisco Garcia Sr 40 and mother Adelina were pulling out of the driveway in a pickup camper truck when two hippie-looking men emerged from the darkness In the span of a few seconds Juanita says the stillness and darkness of the night were broken by gunfire from all directions Juanita Francisco Jr and some of the other children saw the whole thing She clasped her hands tightly and buried her head between her knees as she recalled the nightmarish experience Paddy started to drive away and turned on the lights when I saw these two men come out of nowhere waving pistols over their heads" Juanita slates started shooting and then other men came and opened fire There were 15 in all and they were shooting at my father not at the truck! My Daddy was dead before the truck came to a stop in a ditch off the A long-time friend of the family Juan Ibarra who lived nearby in a rented farm house attempted to console Juanita as she told the story had set up an ambush but those police officers committed a terrible blunder" Ibarra added "They killed an Innocent man without asking questions" Ibarra said the Garcia couple was driving to his home around 8:15 pm May 12 when the incident occurred The Garcias and the Ibarras were going to finalize plans for the christening of larger How could those stupid men mistake my truck?" asked Juanita father never had anything to do with the law He wasn't armed not even a knife and even carry many tools in the trunk!" Juanita said that none of the armed men offered any explana oil and lubrication of his truck and provided a set of new tires and some spark plugs for the return trip to Laredo Juanita said it was total con fusion immediately after the shooting She said that the armed officers look like policemen they had shlrttails hanging out and pistols tion for the shooting She says under the ran in all that she screamed at some of directions and converged at an- the officers and demanded to know why they shot her father other house a short distance Rog- KP 8 aa 103 80 a 3 oz anliparspironf or 4-oz regular away It was at this place that officers confiscated a ton of marijuana in brick form which had been concealed In two large camper trucks Six persons were arrested in connection with marijuana seizure Victim Unarmed two trucks at the other place were of different color than my Daddy's and much family from Rio Grande City who rented next-door apparently was frightened and moved out the same day Marcel Notzon Laredo Legal Aid director who is assisting the family in processing applies tions for aid with welfare agencies said the surveillance involved Riverside County deputies Los Angeles police and federal agents Notzon is coordi nating aid for the family through his office pending assistance through the Texas Depart-men: of Public Welfare and Social Security Garcia widow and 11 children now are staying with an unde Eluteria Garda a brother of the slain father Francisco Garcia Sr and his family had been in California since December having planned to return to Laredo for some part-time ranch work Garda had worked as a ranch hand for Maurice Alexander and more recently as a cowboy for Joe San Jose Ranch near Mirando City The Garcia family spent four years at the Puig ranch and last September the man helped with the roundup Praises Garda was a hardworking man devoted to his family end hon Puig said had charge of my ranch and did a good job He had offered to gve us a ham when he got back from Juanita says her father and other members of the Tamil were weeding cotton fields am planned to get other seasons 97 $1 refund offer on labal 20 oz tiza EFFERDENT y'Tr 40S refund offer on pack POLO SHIRTS OR SHORTS For juvanila boya Shirts Sins 4-6-8 Shorts Siu 3-7 LIBERATION Equal Rights Called Goal of Women "They wculd come to me and all they would say 'Sony sorry we made a Juanita said would not identify themselves I could see they had guns and radios" Ibarra said two El Indio detectives questioned Juanita and other eyewitnesses at length that night and the following day He says that he and Juanita were present when an officer with a search warrant visited the Garcia home looked all over but they find a thing" Juanita said in bitter tones "They inspected every envelope looked under the mattresses in the dishes in our clothes and even in a coconut shell the children used as a piggybank" Ibarra explained that prior to agreeing to the search he warned the officer about any attempt to plant evidence in the house Officers Leave were satisfied there was nothing in the house and they left" Ibarra explained Ibarra kept his part of the deal with the late Garcia and had little Gilberto bantized the day after the shooting Francisco Jr and a sister Rosita were the witnesses at the church Ibarra erected a wooden cross at the scene where his friend was killed He marked the cross with the date and hour and placed a floral wreath Juanita said another migrant KODAK INSTAMATIC COLOR FILM with practising 2m Rag 369 Factory fresh With quality processing Color prints includedl SYLVANIA FLASHCUBES Rag 149 By affica Bunkir emiltiS frees the sarreat trisyeeee ry Tha iitahir li ilia naa Taa May ebtaia It haai lahvaMtiaa Horry Sfuth lamoace 882-6542 was astounded at the cruel and unrealistic official hiring policies to prevent women from joining a true merit she said policies are still In effect" She said women are excluded from professional education and then told they- must take minial jobs because they don't have the education is no such thing as fair competition in the job market in the United States she said Mrs Olivares spoke amid steady applause from the ence composed of Mexican-Amcrican women who call Themselves Chicanas or activists The three-day meeting sponsored by the Young Christian Association is being attended by members of Mexi-can-Amerlcan organizations from all over the United States The meeting first of its kind is officially called Conferencia de Mujeres por la Mrs Olivares said Mexican-American women have many barriers to overcome are racism sexism poverty and the problems of the Mexican-American she said She said Mexican-American women suffer from virgin image and the mother complex but the tragedy is there are many women who should not be mothers" Is nothing worse than a bad mother" she said Miss Julie Ruiz assistant professor at the Graduate School of Social Work at Arizona State University said both Spanish speaking men and women have been placed in a inferior position by the established society" now the mass media has portrayed the Mexican American female as migrant looking woman with a shawl an a baby on her Miss Ruiz said this image is not real and is not of our choosing We must force the media to correct this HOUSTON ID The director of a national antipoverty program said Saturday discrimination against women is a weakness in our society" Mrs Grace Olivares of Phoenix Ariz told 300 delegates to the National Chicana Coforeence that women must push for equal rights not empty goal or Mrs Olivares is director of Food for All a six-month old program funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity She said Food for All gives grants to local agencies to insure that poor people can use the federal food programs such as free lunch programs in the schools stamps and commodities She asserted that claims of equal opportunities in colleges the professions and federal jobs are lies Mrs Olivares the first woman to 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