KUNM Program Features Atrisco Land Grant Discussion Tonight

Tune in to Espejos de Aztlan on KUNM 89.9 tonight, Monday, October 17th at 8:00 PM for an interview with James Aranda (heir of the 57,000 acre Atrisco Land Grant on Albuquerque’s West Side) about the struggle against the proposed sale of Westland Development Co., Inc. to Delaware corporation ANM Holdings Inc. for $160,000,000. This past Saturday afternoon, over 250 land grant heirs and supporters held an organizational meeting at Rio Grande High School to discuss the issue's seriousness.

"Espejos de Aztlan" is a weekly radio program highlighting the courage, strength and beauty of the Chicano/Latino community in New Mexico. Espejos has been on-air since 1979 and is part of the Raices Colectiva which conducts programming on news, culture and music from a Latino perspective on KUNM 89.9.

For more information about current organizing efforts against the proposed sale of Westland Development Co., Inc., contact James Aranda at 553-0879 or via email at atlixko@yahoo.com.