Bernalillo County Seal Court Battle; Undocumented Migrants; The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
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On cover: #KZZZ11 File begins with a special news report from Marcos Martinez about Bernalillo county (Albuquerque, New Mexico) being sued over an official county seal that is overtly religious (i.e. an image of a cross and a Spanish motto that says, "With This We Overcome"). Based on the constitutional divisions of church and state, this seal is being tried as unconstitutional and a reinforcement of violent Spanish colonization in the area. This has been a court battle that has been going on for five years in the Court of Appeals and has been tried based on parameters set by the Supreme Court. Another news report by Martinez discusses a brochure regarding organizing for undocumented Mexicans in New Mexico and providing information about migration laws. (In English) Martinez talks about the space shuttle tragedy and how Roberto Martinez, impacted by this event, wrote a "corriodo" to commemorate the lives that were lost. "Corrido" writer Martinez is from Chacon, New Mexico and has wrote other songs about the prison riots in Santa Fe and Reies López Tijerina. This new song he wrote is called, "Corrido de los astronautas."
