"Farmworkers accuse contractor of breaching $130k settlement of San Antonio federal wage lawsuit,"

Eleven migrant farmworkers have accused a South Texas contractor of breaching a $130,000 settlement over wages and substandard housing conditions.

Pablo Francisco Cantu, who runs Edinburg-based Cantu Harvesting, had been required to pay $60,000 by May 1 and $70,000 by Monday under the settlement in a San Antonio federal lawsuit. But he failed to make either payment, the workers allege in a Tuesday court filing.

They say they are now entitled to an additional $130,000 in liquidated damages, bringing the total Cantu owes to $260,000...

Seven of the workers, all from Mexico, sued Cantu and others in October 2021 alleging they were shorted wages, stiffed on travel expenses and placed in a “squalid” and “dilapidated” labor camp. Four others later joined the suit...

Cantu denied the workers’ allegations in a November court filing. His lawyer did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday...