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- ↑ "United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Staff". Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ↑ Hispanic Conservatism: Its rise - and fall
- 1 2 3 "United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce biography". Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ↑ Tyson Foods News Release (May 18, 2004)
