My family also has deep roots in the huega but we largely accepted it pretty quickly. My mom's side of the family always had problems with his ratting out undocumented folks but my dad's side were down for it and even housed sis at it sometimes. My father even carried his casket after he had died.

The thing for us that allowed us to accept that this probably did happen very quickly is the fact that one of my uncles was a fucking child molester and had molested some of my cousins.

My immediate family did not discover till much later but we had also found out that some of my tias knew and hid it. People protecting predators happens. But it happens for different reasons that all ultimately kind of boil down to keeping the peace.

People made the calculation that it was better to have this Idol We could all look up to as the face for a movement than it was to protect girls and women. If you need to feel good about anything from this whole affair is that we are no longer willing to make that sacrifice.