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Beloved Las Cruces icon Johnny Flores was feted on his 90th birthday Sunday,
April 15, at Plaza de Las Cruces. Flores, a longtime street musician/guitarist
at the Saturday farmers market, brings mariachi music to the
Mesilla Valley in all its joyous and rueful forms – corridos, polkas, boleros and
cumbias. Several years ago, the community pitched in to repair his crumbling
home. Most recently, Flores has been battling cancer.
Photos by Steve MacIntyre
A celebration was held on the Plaza de Las Cruces in honor of Johnny Flores’s 90th birthday Sunday, April 15.
– Ester Duran talks to her friend Johnny Flores during his birthday celebration on the Plaza de Las Cruces Sunday afternoon, April 15.
Angel Garcia performs with Mariachi Jaliscience Sunday afternoon on the Plaza de Las Cruces in honor of Johnny Flores’ 90th birthday.
