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Title: Brown Berets oppose Minutemen
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URL Source: http://krgv.com/2005/7/27/3753/Brown-Berets-oppose-Minutemen-
Published: Jul 27, 2005
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Post Date: 2005-07-28 00:20:14 by robin
Keywords: Minutemen, Berets, oppose
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WESLACO -- Members of the activist group the Brown Berets were in the Valley to express their opposition to the controversial Minuteman Project. WESLACO – Minutemen may face more opposition in South Texas. Members of the Brown Berets were in town Wednesday to spread a message. The group of militant Chicanos popular back in the 1960s said their group is still active in the Rio Grande Valley, addressing perceived threats to the Mexican-American community. This time, Delgado said they are in the Valley to confront the Minutemen, who plan on patrolling the border in search of illegal immigrants. Pablo Delgado, prime minister of the Brown Berets, leads more than 1,000 members of the Brown Berets. The name came from the color of berets members wore in the 1960s and 1970s. “We monitor the system,” Delgado said. “When there is a threat to the Mexican-American community we are there.” Members of Hidalgo County’s Democratic Party who also oppose the Minuteman Project welcomed the Brown Berets with open arms. “They communicated to me there sincere intent in organized confrontation a physical confrontation against the minutemen,” said the county’s Democratic party chairman Juan Maldonado. Beret leader Delgado said the group does not get physical unless it have to -- but he has been shot twice. That, he said, is the reason members no longer wear the famed berets. “If we use the brown beret we will be a target,” Delgado explained. Marcia Martinez is also a member of the Brown Berets. She said although the group is not as popular as they once were, they are still strong. “"The Brown Berets deserve respect, because few very few people have knowledge about us...and secondly people don't speak up in what they believe anymore,” Martinez said. Delgado said he has fought for 40 years for his people. He added he plans to fight as long as he is alive. Delgado said if the Minutemen make their way to the Valley, the Brown Berets will be there to greet them.
Brown Berets oppose Minutemen
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