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A photo illustration of J.P. Bryan superimposed over the title screen of the movie "Duranguito".

The Saving of the Duranguito Barrio, A Movie, and An Inconvenient Truth

The reluctance of local well-to-do Latinos/as to join the Duranguito crusade was deeply disappointing. But even more distressing was the fact that a number of the elite Latinos/as actually supported the plan to raze Duranguito and build the arena there.
The women had had enough of the exploitation and abuse behind the façade of a successful El Paso business. Raising their fists, they yelled, “¡Basta!,” enough! taking on the white establishment of El Paso.

The Mexican American Women Who Challenged The “White Political Domination” Of El Paso

The women had had enough of the exploitation and abuse behind the façade of a successful El Paso business. Raising their fists, they yelled, “¡Basta!,” enough! taking on the white establishment of El Paso.