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A Mixtec Family near Fresno - the Lopez Family in a Crew Picking Bell Peppers

16 Chowchilla

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16 A bell pepper field outside Chowchilla
Adalilia Avila, an immigrant from Acapulco, Guerrero, flirts with Geronimo Lopez, a Mixtec immigrant from San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca, while they work picking bell peppers. She used to work in restaurants in Acapulco, but didn't make enough to live on, so she came with her family to Fresno..

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