"[2] The university's Human Rights Commission investigated and found that Falcon was unjustifiably suspended.
He joined the lettuce strike with the United Farm Workers in the San Luis Valley.
He was also part of the Crusade for Justice and the Mexican American Correctional Helping Organization (MACHO).
[3] He worked with Chicano youth in many ways, including classes on the history of Mexican people, founded the middle and high school student organizations Zapatistas, and worked to improve conditions at the Fort Lupton migrant camp.
[3] On August 30, 1972, Falcón and friends drove towards the first national La Raza Unida Convention held in El Paso, Texas.
Brunson was a member of the segregationist American Independent Party, and Martinez argued the killing was racially motivated.
The school opened in 1973 and was located in Fort Lupton, CO.[7] Each year, the community comes together to honor Falcón by marching from his birthplace to the cemetery where he was buried.