As a consequence, Guatemala was about to suffer a period of terror on a scale unlike anything in the history of Central America. Together they represented the connections between the University of San Carlos with the working class and with organized public school students, and became the urban movement's first martyrs during its mobilization between 1977 and 1981. He never made it. He died shortly after in a hospital emergency room. The news hit the Law School hard.
Class is suspended.
The crime appeared directed against the University as a whole. Those who ordered the assassination chose as their victim one of the most important and beloved members of the university community. In addition he was director of the Labor Orientation School and adviser to over 100 labor unions. The day after his death, more than 15,000 mourners accompanied his funeral procession, their fists in the air in a sign of repudiation and their faces unmasked, unlike in years to come. Violence against the popular organizations was not yet a daily occurrence, and the movement responded to the terror with a show of organizational force, confident in the power of their numbers.