UPLIFTING OUR VETERANS AND COMMUNITIES

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ARU Directors Lorelei Horse Stands Waiting and Rudy Molina accompanied Deported Veteran José Luis Gonzales across the International Border from Juárez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, May 2, 2024. Thank you to Port of Entry Director Chief Espinosa for helping us bring a Viet Nam Veteran home to receive critical  VA care.

All Relations United Director of Veterans on Pine Ridge Bryan Brewer (in middle wearing turquoise shirt) joined other Akicita Veterans who gathered in May for the First Annual Oglala Sioux Veterans Summit on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.  All Relations United is honored to serve our nation's heroes!  

All Relations United brought Deported Veteran Alfonso Vilez home in March after 24 years living in exile in Juárez, Mexico. Before being reunited with his family in El Paso, Alfonso posed for a picture with ARU Directors and other Repatriated Veterans after crossing the International Border. Welcome home Alfonso!

Repatriated Veteran Juan Valenzuela received his legal permanent residency in the U.S. in March. Pictured with his sister, ARU Directors and ACLU attorney John Contreras. A bittersweet moment after losing his brother only three days before, and waiting in Juárez, Mexico for more than 20 years to reunite with his family

On March 29, 2024 Oglala Lakota Viet Nam and other Veterans shared a dinner for the first time in the new Akicita Veterans Trailer on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to remember the sacrifices of our Viet Nam Veterans.

Geri is doing well and living at the Veteran's Home in El Paso, Texas. He's receiving rehab and has a prosthetic leg waiting. Geri's dream is to walk again,  a dream now coming true after ARU brought him home from a homeless shelter in Juárez, Mexico in 2022. PIctured here with ARU Director Lorelei Horse Stands Waiting

All Relations United partnered with the Patriotic Kenny Foundation to bring Scooters to disabled Veterans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, including Viet Nam and Korean War Veterans, in February, 2024.

All Relations United's Executive Director Lorelei Horse Stands Waiting and Director of Deported Veterans Rudy Molina with Repatriated Deported Veteran Alfredo Frias, Juan Valenzuela and José Bustillos at the International Border in El Paso, Texas, December, 2023.

All Relations United brought Deported Veteran Alfredo Frias home from Juárez, Mexico to his family in El Paso, Texas, including his elderly mother, sister and his brother whom he hadn't seen in 17 years. And home to the country he Honorably Served, two weeks before Christmas, 2023. 

All Relations United Director of Deported Veterans, Rudy Molina, was nominated as Veteran of the Year in El Paso, Texas, November 2023. Pictured here with Repatriated Deported Veteran Juan Valenzuela.

All Relations United Director Deported Veterans Rudy Molina joined the ACLU and Black Deported Veterans of America in Washington DC in October to advocate for passage of the Veteran Service Recognition Act, HR 4569.

José Francisco Lopez, All Relations United Board Member, Director of the Deported Veteran Support House Juárez Bunker and  Repatriated Deported Veteran met with the U.S. President to plead the case of Deported Veterans in October, 2023.

We had a shed built to store food, tools and equipment for the Akicita Veterans Food Pantry, Soup Kitchen and Community Garden on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This was delivered last December, 2023. ARU assisted the Veterans in the initial process of acquiring the Veterans Services Trailer. 

ARU Board Member Y'Duen Buondap speaks to Dega/Montagnard Veterans and familes on July 10, 2023. A rally was held in Washington DC to raise awareness of the human rights violations and genocide of our Montagnard Allies from the Viet Nam War, beginning in 1975 when our allies were left behind and continuing to this day.

On July 5, 2023 All Relations United Directors Lorelei Horse  Stands Waiting and Rudy Molina, accompanied Ricardo Muñoz across the International Border from Juárez, Mexico home to El Paso, Texas after 16 years of deportation. A bittersweet reunion after losing both parents during his exile.

All Relations United Director Bryan Brewer with Veterans at the annual Veteran's Powwow on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on June 10, 2023. Honoring our nation's heroes!

On February 13, 2023,  All Relations United accompanied Jose Francisco Lopez (center),  a 20 year deported Vietnam Army Veteran and Director of the Deported Veterans Support House-Juarez Bunker across the International Border. Pictured here with Hector Barajas, Director of the Deported Veterans Support house in Tijuana

We accompanied Marine Veteran Marcelino Ramos home to the country he served where he was reunited with his daughter, son and family in Texas. Marcelino had survived a brutal attack by cartel attempting to recruit him for his military expertise while living in Mexico.

October 26, 2022, All Relations United Directors Lorelei Horse Stands Waiting and  Rudy Molina brought 28 year deported Navy Veteran Gerardo Sotelo back home  to his family in El Paso. Geri who'd had a stroke and lost his good leg to diabetes earlier that year, was living in a homeless shelter in Juarez, Mexico.