José Luis de León Díaz (Luis de Lión)

José Luis de León Díaz (Luis de Lión) (HM1ZKI)

Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
Country: Guatemala
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N 14° 38.327', W 90° 31.12'

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"Yo no sabia que el mundo era redondo y mas bien creía que si me subia al cerro en frente podría tocar el cielo y mancharme los dedos de azul"
(Luis de Lion, fragmento del poema Para mi cielo)
En este lugar fue desaparecido forzadamente el escritorJose Luis de Leon Diaz (Luis de Lion) por miembros de inteligenciamilitar del Ejercito de Guatemala, el 15 de mayo de 1984.
De acuerdo al Diario Militar, aparecido en 1999, Luis de Lionfue ejecutado extrajudicialmente el 5 de junio de ese mismo año. Guatemala de la Asuncion, 15 de mayo de 2004


English translation:
"I did not know that the world was round and I actually believed that if I climbed the hill in front of me I could touch the sky and stain my fingers blue"(Luis de Lión, fragment of the poem For my sky)
In this place the writer José Luis de León Díaz (Luis de Lión) was forcibly disappeared by members of the Military Intelligence Branch of the Army of Guatemala on May 15, 1984.
According to the "Diario Militar", which appeared in 1999, Luis de Lión was extrajudicially executed on June 5 of that same year. Guatemala de la Asunción, May 15, 2004
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HM NumberHM1ZKI
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Year Placed2004
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Date Added Sunday, July 9th, 2017 at 9:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15P E 767277 N 1619837
Decimal Degrees14.63878333, -90.51866667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 14° 38.327', W 90° 31.12'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds14° 38' 19.6200" N, 90° 31' 7.2000" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2 Ave, Guatemala Guatemala , GT
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