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Longino Dominguez. 44, was a village woodworker until he was bluntly advised to join the militia or lose his customers. "I told them, 'I am a carpenter, not a politician.'" said Dominguez last week after sailing to Florida with 16 others. A second refugee, Day Laborer Gabino Mendiola, 39, confirmed the story: "If you do not join the militia, you cannot get a job." Added Jose Aurelio Lechuga Villanueva, 53, a fisherman for 36 years: "A fisherman cannot live. I used to be able to sell fish freely. Now everything goes to the Agrarian Reform at their price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: The New Exodus | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

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