Juan Valdez

Deceased Person

– 2012

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Who was Juan Valdez?

Juan Valdez was a land grant activist who fired the first shot during a 1967 New Mexico courthouse raid that grabbed international attention & helped spark the Chicano Movement. He died peacefully at his Canjilon ranch after recently suffering two heart attacks according to his daughter Juanita Montoya.

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Died
2012

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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