Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
4.17.26 – A month has passed since a New York Times investigation revealed decades of alleged sexual abuse and child rape by Cesar Chavez, reigniting thorny conversations around the Chicano labor organizer's legacy. In Focus reporter Cailley Chella delves into what that's looked like in New Mexico — home state of Chavez’s fellow labor leader Dolores Huerta, who's now disclosed her own account of Chavez raping her — and a generational divide that emerged in her reporting.
Correspondent:
Cailley Chella
Guests:
Jacob Trujillo, Chair, Bernalillo County Democratic Party
Melissa Galetti, Chicano Studies Teacher, Rio Grande High School
Richard Marquez, Albuquerque Attorney
Ricardo Cardenas Caballero, Albuquerque Resident
NM Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque
Javier Marrufo, Historian and New Mexico State Director, League of United Latin American Citizens
Mireya Martinez, UNM Senior and Farm Worker
Kimberly Nevarez, UNM Sophomore and Student Organizer
Victor Hall, Albuquerque City Council Associate Counsel
For More Information:
krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-community-reacts-to-sexual-assault-allegations-against-cesar-chavez
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4.17.26 – A month has passed since a New York Times investigation revealed decades of alleged sexual abuse and child rape by Cesar Chavez, reigniting thorny conversations around the Chicano labor organizer's legacy. In Focus reporter Cailley Chella delves into what that's looked like in New Mexico — home state of Chavez’s fellow labor leader Dolores Huerta, who's now disclosed her own account of Chavez raping her — and a generational divide that emerged in her reporting.
Correspondent:
Cailley Chella
Guests:
Jacob Trujillo, Chair, Bernalillo County Democratic Party
Melissa Galetti, Chicano Studies Teacher, Rio Grande High School
Richard Marquez, Albuquerque Attorney
Ricardo Cardenas Caballero, Albuquerque Resident
NM Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque
Javier Marrufo, Historian and New Mexico State Director, League of United Latin American Citizens
Mireya Martinez, UNM Senior and Farm Worker
Kimberly Nevarez, UNM Sophomore and Student Organizer
Victor Hall, Albuquerque City Council Associate Counsel
For More Information:
krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-community-reacts-to-sexual-assault-allegations-against-cesar-chavez
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