Category: Los Seis de Boulder

Los Seis de Boulder are six activists who died in two car bombings in May 1974. Reyes Martinez, his girlfriend Una Jaakola and Neva Romero died on May 27 in the first. On May 29, Florencio Granado, Heriberto Teran, and Francisco Dougherty were killed in the second, and Antonio Alcantar was severely injured. The other Symbols of Resistance are Ricardo Falcon, Luis Junior Martinez, and Carlos Zapata – all who died in the Chicano Movement in Colorado.

LOS QUE VIVIERON

On this week of El Dia de Los Muertos, we honor those who gave their lives in the Chicano Movement and all those who have passed with the taste of liberty on their tongues.

By CATALINA ESPINOSA MORA Memorialized are those who died for La Causa! Since the spring of ’73,  the Raid on the Crusade for Justice. Their deaths gave birth to new hope —  El Movimiento. Never have we forgotten —  Que Viva! It is an honor to live for what you believe in… To one that… Continue reading LOS QUE VIVIERON

‘TRIBUTE TO REYES P. MARTÍNEZ: DEFENDER OF THE CHICANO PEOPLE’ (1948-1974) 

Photo captions from left to right: Reyes' childhood portrait (circa 1952, courtesy of Archivos Familia Martínez); Reyes' 1966 high school graduation portrait (courtesy of Archivos Familia Martínez); Reyes with his parents, Esquipula "Pauline" López Martínez and José Hilario Martínez, at a 1969 wedding (courtesy of Archivos Familia Martínez); Drawing copyrighted by Rogelio Briones published in May 2024 as part of Retońos de Resistencia in observance of the 50th anniversary of the May 1974 Boulder Explosions.

 Sen. Juan Carlos Loera de la Rosa Editor’s note: The following translation of remarks were entered in the official record of the Mexican National Senate by Sen. Juan Carlos Loera de la Rosa on April 21, 2025. Loera de la Rosa attended the April 25, 2025  at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colo. and also… Continue reading ‘TRIBUTE TO REYES P. MARTÍNEZ: DEFENDER OF THE CHICANO PEOPLE’ (1948-1974)