Archive for May, 2009

New Song About a Mexican Colonia Held Captive by Powerful Interests

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

01-lomas-del-poleo I wrote this song last fall about the settlemen of Lomas del Poleo, which once had 300 families but now is down to 13 after the powerful Zaragoza family laid siege to the community, erecting guard towers and barbed wire to force residents to leave or hold them hostage. The colonia is in the [...]