Why are there covert military operations in Redford?
Maria Jiménez: Again it’s because of these perceptions that people have in the interior of the country. There’s drugs in Washington D.C., why don’t they put covert military operations in Washington, D.C.? The border is viewed as a war zone, where evil enters, as if economic problems ended and began at the border. Particularly the populations at the border are seen as suspect. I remember the words of Enrique Madrid, one of the residents of Redford who went to Washington, when he said, “My grandfather was one of the original founders of Redford”. He had the charter that his grandfather had for the land at Redford. Generations grew up in Redford. He served his country in the military. In many different ways they built the community. Now all of a sudden there are covert operations, “My God we suddenly realized we were an enemy.” The perception is that there are expendable populations in terms of what we would call democratic institutions. With all its sophistication, the military in the tr
