Who owned the César E. Chávez bronze life-size statue at the Supermercado El Rey Placita location in the Southside of Milwaukee, which was abruptly removed and scraped for money?
WI: Does anyone know who actually owned the $50,000 César E. Chávez life-size bronze statue that was removed from the El Rey Supermercado at the 900 block of S. 16 Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (formerly S. César E. Chávez Drive) in March 2026?
In March, the owner of the Supermercado El Rey, located at 900 block of S. 16 Street told the mainstream media that the Chávez statue was taken down from his property and would be melted and then the copper/bronze metal would be sold as scrap, and the proceeds would be donated to the farm workers.
First of all, who actually owned the Chávez bronze statue, since it was funded by community donations, El Rey Supermercado, City and other community donors including business donations.
Who decided to melt the Chávez bronze statue without any community input, also, if it has been melted already, and then sold as scrap metal to pennies to a dollar, how much was the scrap sold for and where did the money go too, or who kept the money from the melted bronze statue?
So far, no public information has been made available about the final outcome of the Chávez bronze statue, especially when the famous Chávez bronze statue was valued at more than $50,000.
Why wasn't the Chávez bronze statue put up for bid, or place in a museum since, César E. Chávez, the leader of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union died in 1993 an innocent man with no criminal record or police criminal investigations accusing him of allegedly molesting young girls.
Allegations that Chávez molested young girls were raised by the alleged victims 33 years in California after his death. To date, no actual proof has ever been made available that Chávez actually molested young girls. We will never know...
The only confirmed facts to date, was that Dolores Huerta, who worked closely with Chávez in the UFW movement confessed in a New York Times article that at the age of 21, she had a consensual affair with Chávez and had a child with him, which Chávez was married at the time, then she admitted that she had a second unconsensual affair with Chávez (while she was married to Richard, César's brother) and had a second child with César, but she decided to give both of César's children to other families to raise.
Huerta never told anyone about her consensual sexual affair with César and kept quiet until 33 years after his death when the NY Times reported in March that Chávez had allegedly molested young girls.
Posted on August 28, 2026
Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
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