La Alianza Federal de Mercedes

American organization

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Tijerina

  • Reies Tijerina
    In Reies Tijerina

    In February 1963 Tijerina established La Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants). La Alianza’s first convention included 800 delegates representing 48 New Mexico land grants and voted to focus on two major grants in northern New Mexico: the Tierra Amarilla and the San Joaquín del Río de…

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