Baja Farmworkers' Strike Continues Amid Dialogue Latin Dispatch
go to original March 26, 2015

Farmers remove a fence during a protest at Los Pinos presidential house in Mexico City March 18, 2015. (Reuters/Edgard Garrido)

A strike by farm workers across Mexico’s Baja California peninsula continued this week despite the launch of talks involving workers, officials and farm operators, threatening the harvest of millions of dollars worth of produce, according to local media.

The strike was launched more than a week ago in the area surrounding the coastal town of San Quintín in protest against low pay, poor working conditions and labor abuses. Protesters have periodically blocked major highways and clashed with police sent to disperse their demonstrations. More than 200 have been arrested.

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) announced on the previous day it is investigating allegations of abuse against farm workers in the Baja California peninsula amid an ongoing strike over the same issue.

Federal officials from the CNDH reportedly traveled to Baja California to interview workers about their claims that they have been attacked by local, state and federal police since their strike began. The CNDH also said it secured medical care for some 200 workers who were rescued from a farm where they were abused.

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