Declassified CIA Docs Reveal Surveillance of Chicano Activists

Among the individuals scrutinized by the CIA were Denver-based activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales.

Newly declassified CIA documents obtained by Axios shed light on the agency's surveillance of Chicano activists during the 1960s and 1970s, confirming long-standing allegations of governmental monitoring of civil rights movements.

The documents, released in late December at the request of Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), span from 196…