David Bacon Stories & Photographs

Mexico

Maquiladora Worker Barrios in Matamoros

29 Matamoros

Previous Picture < > Next picture
Return to Matamoros Gallery

29 Matamoros Industrial Park
One of a number of Delphi auto parts plants in Matamoros' main industrial park, where US corporations have large maquiladora factories making goods for the US market. Maquiladora workers and their families live in poverty, in neighborhoods contaminated by toxic chemicals.

MEXICO | IMMIGRANTS | CULTURE | PHILIPPINES | PEACE & JUSTICE
WORKPLACE | STRIKES | PORTRAITS | FARMWORKERS | UNIONS | STUDENTS
Special Project: TRANSNATIONAL WORKING COMMUNITIES
HOME | NEWS | STORIES | PHOTOGRAPHS | LINKS

photographs and stories by David Bacon © 1990-1999

website by DigIt Designs © 1999