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54 SA 44-2889 "I told all of my organizers to respect private y lines and to obey all instructions issued law enforcement officers. “I was not present when the atrikers were arrested on July 23, 1975, in Reeves County, and I therefore do not know exactly what happened to cause the arrests. "On July 25, 1975, we moved our strike and organiz- ing activities to Pecos County, Texas, which adjoins Reeves County on the Southeast. We met at the head- quarters early and then drove fram Pecos, Texas, on Highway 1450 to an area four or five miles South of the town of Cayomosa, Texas. There were about fifteen or twenty of us who left from the headquarters. “One group of organizers dropped off early to go to one field, and I continued on with the rest of the organizers to a point a few miles north of Fort Stockton, Texas. We were going to- picket a melon field located alongside the main highway. When we arrived at the field, two cars fran the Pecos County Sheriff's Office were already there. “Shortly after our arrival, two other Sheriff's Office cars came by and all four cars then proceeded north on the highway. “Seme time later, two or three Sheriff's Office and state cars returned, going south on the highway. The organizers from the first group were in the cars. I later learned that the first group had been arrested for trespassing. ~ “On July 24, 1975, another one of our organizers, Prancisca Castillo Calderon had been arrested by the Pecos County Sheriff's Office, at the location at which I was picketing on July 25, 1975. “Again I was not present when the organizers were arrested on July 25, 1975, and cannot say what led to their arrest. if