Racist Facebook Page Requests San Quintin Farm Workers Get "Exterminated"

"They are worst than cockroaches" it describes

By Elizabeth Rosales2015-04-04T17:38:20+00:00

BAJA CALIFORNIA.- Given the recent conflicts and protests in the San Quintin Valley, where they seek labor improvements for all field workers, a Facebook group called "Exterminio de Oaxacos en BC" (Extermination of the people of Oaxaca in Baja) has requested that all field workers are eliminated classifying them as something "worse than cockroaches".

The anti-farm worker movement, supposedly created by user Márquez Javier Aguilar, posted images and videos of confrontations between the police and protesters. This page also features clips of the ransacking and violence that took place at the same time as some of the marches and strikes.

Some of the workers requests were an 8 hour work schedule instead of 12, health benefits, paid vacations and the guarantee of having at least one day off. The petitions, made in March, led to a massive work stoppage, fighting for their rights determined by Mexican law.

The majority of the workers who arrived at Baja from Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guerrero, and are looking to improve their work situation. Nearly 70,000 farm workers (according to Proceso) went on strike causing a regional controversy, which had its pro and con arguments regarding the workers petitions and conditions needed in order to work the land.

Some reacted with solidarity. Such is the case of Tacos Kokopelli and the organization "San Quintin Needs Us". On the other hand, there are groups such as "Exterminio de Oaxacos en BC" that currently has 1084 followers, showing their intolerance and racism of those who pretend to represent Baja California.

This Facebook page has reached national journals such as Proceso and Excelsior, and as a response to it a second group called "Exterminio de Bajacalifornianos en Oaxaca" (Extermination of the people of Baja in Oaxaca) was created.

The creator of the page has already apologized via Facebook, saying that he never thought his page would have the approach it did and that he wasn't looking to promote racism. On its last post, made April 1st, it shows a video where it invites people to report the page as inappropriate content.

This he explains "is the right thing to do".