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Dec 22, 2017 · In the agricultural town of Milagro, that spark comes when Joe Mondragon kicks open a valve, flooding his field with water from an off-limits irrigation ditch.
When handyman and farmer Joe Mondragon (Chick Vennera) accidentally breaks a water valve reserved for major companies, he inadvertently sets off a small-scale water-rights war between the...
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One fine morning Joe Mondragon gets mad and kicks at the gate on the irrigation ditch that runs past his dry field. Water flows into it, and he decides, just like that, to grow some beans in his field.
Jan 1, 1974 · John Nichols. Joe Mondragon, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, slammed his battered pickup to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into the arid patch of ground. Carefully (and also illegally), he tapped into the main irrigation channel.
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The Milagro Beanfield War. The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
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Mar 30, 2009 · This is a true story about bassist Joe Mondragon. I heard it form Ian Carr the jazz trumpet player and journalist who died in February. Ian was know for his work with Brittish jazz rock group 'Nucleus' along side bassist/composer Graham Collier. Here's the story.
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Joe Mondragon, a local farmer, kicks the gate on his irrigation ditch, which cause water to spill into his field. Instead of fixing it, Joe decides to grow beans in there. His decision causes problems among both the community, and the government and the corporation building the golf course.
