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Show Mexican Refugee Appeals Ap-peals to Congress for Help Washington, June 10. A talo of forced flight from Mexico and alleged I persecution by American and Mexican Mexi-can officers in this country was related re-lated to the rules committee of the house today by Do Lara, a political refugee. After recounting his experiences in Los Angeles. Cal., where no said ho was arrested five times on "trumped up" charges at the instance of the Mexican government and served more than lOn days In Jail, DeLara exclaimed: ex-claimed: "I have been in Jail five times since I came to the United States and have been subjected to tho 'third degreo' at the hands of the officers, I have been thrown Into a dungeon and kept for days with nothing to eat but a rotten potnto, and neither my attorneys nor f-'enrls allowed to see me. I am liable lia-ble to be arrested ngalu any time and. unless you gentlemen help me. they may got me and bang me." |