HALF MOON BAY — When friends of farm supervisor Marciano Martinez heard of the shooting at the Half Moon Bay mushroom plantations on Monday, they had a sinking…
They knew he had to have been there: Martinez, a migrant from Mexico, worked every day except Saturdays. He rarely took time off for holidays like Thanksgiving. When an alarm went off at night, he’d rush on site. Even with friends in social situations, he’d lament when a crop didn’t turn out well, blaming poor seeds, or he’d rave about a stellar harvest.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Beyond his devotion to work, Martinez was praised as a fiercely loyal and good-hearted man. Unmarried and with no children, he gradually became a part of Ortega’s family, she said. As Ortega’s husband took a turn for the worse, he asked Martinez to look after his wife, Ortega recounted. Martinez promised.
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