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Six weeks later, Keene and Maes returned to New Mexico 30 pounds lighter and hundreds of dollars poorer.
"I will continue to pursue the matter," hesays. "[Keene and Maes, and others like them]deserve better from their country."Photo Courtesy Herbert K. MallardHERBERT K. MALLARD
But neither Keene nor Maes' family--Maes died of isocyanate poisoning in 1984--has received any settlement, or indeed assistance, through the U.S. or Saudi governments.
Like hundreds of other Americans who worked in Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s, Keene and Maes returned with tales of torture and virtual enslavement by their employers.
When John Keene and Jim Maes went to Saudi Arabia in August of 1979, they thought their new construction jobs would bring them financial stability.