Edgard Aristo Montenegro Centeno
53 Years Old - Coffe Producer
Edgard Aristo Montenegro Centeno
“For others to live, many of us have to die”
Murdered in Honduras on June 27, 2019
Edgard Aristo Montenegro Centeno was very loving to his children and wife. He had three children with his current partner and two with his previous one. His mom, Angela Centeno Herrera, says that he dedicated himself to growing basic grains and loved working as a mechanic, as he was very good at repairing chainsaws and all kinds of tools. He was 51 when he died.
The people of Wiwilí in the department of Jinotega were very fond of Edgard, because he was honest, helpful and generous. He was always a leader and many people followed him because of his popularity. He implemented electricity and water projects in his community and promoted a housing project in Yalí.
In his free time he liked reading the Bible and playing with his children. His main desire was to see a free Nicaragua and to help the poor. That was why he started to organize people to put up barricades on April 19, 2018, turning himself into the leader of the La Marañosa roadblock.
Angela feels that the legacy Edgard left was leadership, the will to change the country and true love for his homeland. “And maybe his example of fighting will inspire another leader, another ‘Cabezón,’ as he was known during the war,” she says.
She also thinks that Edgard sensed that his end was near, because when she asked him not to continue in the struggle, he replied, “No, mom, don’t worry. For others to live, many of us have to die.” His mother is calling for justice and for those responsible for her son’s murder to be punished. She hopes her son will be remembered as a man with the spirit of freedom.
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