Improved economy has many Latinos returning to Mexico

REBECCA HUVAL Napa Valley Register | Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:00 am

Marbin Escalante, 26, and Olman MartĂ*nez, 32, both of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, sit together for a dinner of beans and tortillas on a recent night at the Calistoga Farmworker Housing Center.

The workers reminisced about their recent holiday spent at home and the family and friends they left behind. They estimate about 20 regulars at the Calistoga center from Mexico don’t plan to return to the Napa Valley this year.

“They spent some time here and they haven’t come back,â€