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Remembering Rito Canales and Antonio Cordova of the Black Berets of Albuquerque

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

Rito Canales. Albuquerque, N.M. Shot to death Jan. 29, 1972. Rito was fighting the prison system. (Photos from 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures. Elizabeth Martinez, editor. 1991) January 29th 2017 was the 45th anniversary of the police murders … Continue reading →

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