A Voice For the Voiceless
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Lorenzo Osorio was the father of thirteen children and a resident of thevillage of Río Negro when he died in the village of Xococ in 1982. He provided for his large family from the lands that he cultivated near the Chixoy River and made horse blankets from local palm fiber to sell.
On the morning of February 6, 1982, Lorenzo, two of his children, and more than fifty other men and women walked three hours through the mountains from Río Negro to the village of Xococ, having been summoned to leave their identity papers with the local Army and PAC civil patrol. Lorenzo carried a hand woven palm fiber mattress that morning to sell and purchase groceries for his family.
When the group of men arrived in Xococ, the Army officers called out several names from a list of suspected guerrilleros, one of which sounded like Lorenzo Osorio. He responded, and in a case of mistaken identity, Lorenzo was taken by the Army and PAC patrols that day and used as an example of what would then happen to the rest of the men present eight days later on February 13, 1982. Lorenzo was tortured and killed in front of his friends, neighbors, and children. His cheeks and tongue were cut off and he was repeatedly dunked in a water cistern until he drowned. Two other men died that day as well. Eight days later, fifty-five men, women and children would also die in the village of Xococ.
Martina Osorio wove a textile in memory of her father, Lorenzo. Back
Lorenzo Osorio
Lorenzo Osorio was the father of thirteen children and a resident of thevillage of Río Negro when he died in the village of Xococ in 1982. He provided for his large family from the lands that he cultivated near the Chixoy River and made horse blankets from local palm fiber to sell.
On the morning of February 6, 1982, Lorenzo, two of his children, and more than fifty other men and women walked three hours through the mountains from Río Negro to the village of Xococ, having been summoned to leave their identity papers with the local Army and PAC civil patrol. Lorenzo carried a hand woven palm fiber mattress that morning to sell and purchase groceries for his family.
When the group of men arrived in Xococ, the Army officers called out several names from a list of suspected guerrilleros, one of which sounded like Lorenzo Osorio. He responded, and in a case of mistaken identity, Lorenzo was taken by the Army and PAC patrols that day and used as an example of what would then happen to the rest of the men present eight days later on February 13, 1982. Lorenzo was tortured and killed in front of his friends, neighbors, and children. His cheeks and tongue were cut off and he was repeatedly dunked in a water cistern until he drowned. Two other men died that day as well. Eight days later, fifty-five men, women and children would also die in the village of Xococ.
Martina Osorio wove a textile in memory of her father, Lorenzo. Back