[nicksaunt]

Dear Joe,

I went to Fresno State in the 70's. There was a fairly decent school newspaper there called, "The Daily Collegian."
I am sure that most of the MECHA activities at that time would have been covered by this newspaper.

Have you tried this source in your effort to find the names of people who may have been either active in MECHA or known about MECHA activities?

No, I didn't know Cruz. No, I did not belong to MECHA, (wouldn't even have considered it, even though I am an hispanic female.) My parents were conservatives and probably would have disowned me and even still, I was too busy studying and getting grades good enough to get into grad school.

I wish you luck in your search.

[FITZ]

My parents were conservatives and probably would have disowned me and even still, I was too busy studying and getting grades good enough to get into grad school.

That's just it --- there was never a good excuse to join MEChA unless you were filled with hate and rage. The first I knew about these groups was from a guy from New Mexico who told me how dangerous these groups are -- he said when he went to college his father warned him not to get anywhere near these groups and if he did, his father would show up and drag him out of college and put him to work --- the father was a poor but patriotic American hispanic. Many hispanics didn't join these race groups for just that same reason. Just like many whites don't join white supremacy groups.