Limoneros Purepechas and Nahuatls
16 Santa Paula
A crew of limoneros, or lemon pickers, is made up of indigenous Purepecha immigrants from Turiquaro, a town in the Mexican state of Michoacan, and indigenous Nahuatl immigrants from San Marcos in the state of Guerrero. Pictured: Heriberto Ramirez, a Purepecha lemon picker.
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