Fausto Fausto Guzman

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Fausto Guzman was born and raised in a poor, small town in Mexico. He explained how he married young and had a child before making the decision to move to America illegally because he believed that everyone in America had money. He was caught and deported after his first attempt, but was successful his second. Fausto landed a job at a Sonoma county winery working in the fields and ended up being the primary guy to apply the pesticides to the crop. He also worked in the warehouse when the forklift was operated. One day Fausto fainted because of the fumes that were released by the un-kept forklift and lack of ventilation in the warehouse. Ultimately, Fausto had to have a pacemaker inserted in his body to keep him alive. He did get settlement

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