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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post: Business
Fri, 11/01/2024 - 5:00am

Potato-packing workers trafficked from Mexico to San Luis Valley in forced-labor scheme, lawsuit alleges

At least three potato-packing workers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley were trafficked from Mexico into a forced-labor scheme, compelled to work for less than minimum wage, given little food and water, and housed in substandard conditions, the laborers allege in a federal lawsuit filed this month. Armando Rubio Flores, Alfonso Angeles Hernandez and Israin Hernandez Jacobo filed the 50-page complaint Oct.

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