*I asked yesterday, and many of you responded, what could explain the “Latina Trump girl?” This explains a lot. VL
By Julieta Chiquillo, Dallas Morning News (3 minute read)
Miriam Cepeda, a Hispanic college student recently profiled on CNN as an unexpected advocate for Donald Trump, is also the daughter of a Mexican cartel conspirator, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
Her father, Jose Luis Cepeda Cortes, was found guilty in May of interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire for his participation in the 2013 slaying of a cartel attorney in Southlake.
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The Gulf cartel attorney, who was also a U.S. informant, was gunned down during a shopping trip with his wife at Southlake Town Square.
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In this bilingual collection of short vignettes, García remembers her family’s life as migrant workers in the 1970s. Every year, they packed their red, Ford pick-up and left McAllen, Texas. The children’s excitement soon waned during the long drive through Texas, but grew as they passed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and skyscrapers in Chicago. Finally, they arrived at their destination: the Ponderosa in Coloma, Michigan.
The family worked year in and year out for the same patrón, who allowed them to live in a house they called the Ponderosa, named for the big house in the TV show Bonanza. It was surrounded by fields full of fruits: an apple orchard lay to the east; a peach orchard was on the other side. There were strawberry patches, cherry trees and a grape vineyard.
García’s family worked long, back-breaking hours for a pittance, but they were together and their love for each other pulled them through. García was nine when her father found a full-time job in McAllen and their migrant life came to an end. “We missed the adventure of travel and sightseeing, but we didn’t miss the hard, back-breaking work.” Staying in one place allowed the kids to focus on school, ensuring that they never had to do that back-breaking work again. This is a heartfelt recollection of the life of migrant workers.
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