José Francisco García Sobalbarro

56 Years Old - Farmer

José Francisco García Sobalvarro

“He wanted to see a generation free from dictatorship”

 

Murdered in Honduras on July 13, 2019

José Francisco García Sobalvarro was 56 years old. He was a crop and livestock farmer who had belonged to the Nicaraguan Resistance, known as the “Contras.” His son, Adonis García Rivera, says that “his dream had always been to see a free Nicaragua.”

Adonis, who is one of José Francisco’s six children, says that they had a good relationship. “He loved me a lot and I loved him the same way,” he explains. “He gave me advice, so I’d describe him as a sociable person, someone who had many friends as he knew how to make himself loved. He never had any enemies that anyone knew about and his hobby was working in the fields.”

“My father wanted to see a generation that was free from dictatorship,” Adonis adds. “He had gone into exile because he was being hounded by the Police and the Army due to his past as a member of the Resistance. The legacy he leaves behind is to fight for Nicaragua, because he always wanted to see us living free from dictatorship. He was a hero for me and, like the students, he dreamed of seeing a free Nicaragua.”

In relation to his death, Adonis says that José was murdered on the night of July 13, 2019, in Trojes, Honduras, by three people “who turned up and riddled the house with bullets.”

“My father was not a criminal,” he concludes. “He was known as a sociable person and so I’m calling for his death not to end up in impunity; I’m calling for justice to be done.”


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