Hardship on Mexico's farms, a bounty for U.S. tables
A Times reporter and photographer find that thousands of laborers at Mexico's mega-farms endure harsh conditions and exploitation while supplying produce for American consumers. Please click on title to see the entire series. Important news for all of us who eat...
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By RICHARD MAROSI Photography & Video by DON BARTLETTI
Pedro Vasquez, working the chile pepper fields near Leon, Guanajuato, is one of the estimated 100,000 Mexican children younger than 14 who pick crops for pay, according to the government’s most recent estimate. He is 9 years old.