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SEP 7 1972, SEP 8 1972 Chicano Leader Buried in Front Lupton Thursday Mourners for Chicano activist Ricardo Lee Falcon precede the casket of Falcon us they approach the Fort Lupton, Colo., cemetery where Falcon was buried Thursday. Falcon, 27 was slain Aug. 30 during a fight win an Orogrande, N.M., service station owner while on a trip to the La Raza Unida political party convention in El Paso, Tex. About 1,000 Chicanos, a few Anglos and a sprinkling of blacks paid their last respects at Services in the Fort Lupton High School gym. Observances were conducted Tuesday and Wednesday also. Credit: Denver Post (Denver Post via Getty Images)