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Photos: UFW founders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in Tucson over the years
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Photos: UFW founders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in Tucson over the years

  • Mamta Popat
  • Mar 20, 2026
  • Mar 20, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago

Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers of America union, and others told the New York Times, for a report published March 18, that Chavez sexually abused them, including two women who said the abuse started when they were 12 and 13 in the 1970s. The New York Times published these findings after a multi-year investigation. Both Chavez, who died in 1993, and Huerta, as revered civil rights leaders, have made public appearances in Tucson over the years.

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez on December 19, 1986.

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Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

United Farmworkers Chief Cesar Chavez joins strikers at the Tucson Greyhound Bus Station November 26, 1983. He had been at the IBEW Electricians Local 769, and was on his way to Ajo Ariz. to speak to copper strikers.

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Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

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Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Worker's Union, speaks at the University of Arizona’s Mexican American students convocation on May 16, 1997.

Sarah Prall,Arizona Daily Star

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta with a portrait of Cesar Chavez, both civil rights leaders and co-founders of the United Farm Workers on July 26, 2000.

Benjie Sanders, Arizona Daily Star

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta, co-founder and current secretary-treasurer of the United Farm Workers, speaks at Rudy Garcia Park as part of a remembrance of Cesar Chavez on April 2, 2006. Huerta co-founded the UFW with Chavez.

Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Activist Dolores Huerta holds a sign with Maya Arce, far right, during the annual Cesar Chavez March in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Hundreds marched from Pueblo High School to Rudy Garcia Park near the rodeo grounds then listened to music and speeches from local politicos and Huerta.

A.E. Araiza, Arizona Daily Star

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta, second from right, sings Las Mananitas, a traditional Spanish birthday song, with Salvador Martinez, far right, and the members of the group Mariachi Las Aguilas de Aztlan at Rudy Garcia Park in Tucson on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Huerta cofounded United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez. She participated in a march for Chavez’s birthday.

A.E. Araiza

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Activist Dolores Huerta, a close associate of the late Chicano activist Cesar Chavez, gives a speech in Tucson after participating in a march commemorating his birthday on Saturday, March 31, 2007.

A.E. Araiza

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America speaks to students at Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Ariz. Friday, April 4, 2008.

David Kemper,Arizona Daily Star

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, talks to marchers before the start of the 8th Annual Cesar Chavez March and Rally for Peace and Justice at Pueblo High School on April 5, 2008. Richard Chávez, brother of Cesar Chavez, stands on the right.

Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta, a life-long civil rights activist and friend of Congressman Raul M. Grijalva speaks during his celebration of life ceremony at El Casino Ballroom, 437 East 26th Street, Tucson, Ariz., March 26, 2025.

Grace Trejo / Arizona Daily Star
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