San Marcos, Guatemala — Central America
Rubén Mérida Escobar
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 1, 2019
1. Rubén Mérida Escobar Marker
El Estado de Guatemala a través del Programa Nacional de Resarcimiento – PNR – Como un justo reconocimiento a la memoria del ilustre Profesor: Rubén Mérida Escobar. Quien por sus ideales de ver a una patria con paz y justicia, fue víctima del Enfrentamiento Armado Interno.
San Marcos Octubre de 2014
The Guatemalan State, through the National Reparation Program (PNR), provides this just recognition to the memory of the illustrious Professor: Rubén Mérida Escobar, who due to his ideals of seeing a homeland with peace and justice, was a victim of the Internal Armed Conflict.
San Marcos, October 2014
Erected 2014 by Programa Nacional de Resarcimiento, Gobierno de Guatemala.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Education • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical month for this entry is October 2014.
Location. 14° 57.694′ N, 91° 47.891′ W. Marker is in San Marcos. Memorial is on Calzada Justo Rufino Barrios, on the right when traveling west.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Rigoberta Menchú (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Bishop Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Guty Enrique Alvarado Vásquez (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Benito Juárez (approx. half a kilometer away); Justo Rufino Barrios (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Adolfo V. Hall R. (approx. one kilometer away); Carlos Castillos Armas (approx. one kilometer away); The 150th Anniversary of San Marcos Department (approx. 1.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Marcos.
Regarding Rubén Mérida Escobar. On August 20, 1980, at the Carlos Castillo Armas public school in the departmental capital of San Marcos, presumed members of the Guatemalan Army and the Judicial Police executed Rubén Mérida Escobar, president of the parents' committee, by shooting him in front of his students. His name, along with those of seven other people, had appeared in the press as a list of people threatened by the ESA (Secret Anti-Communist Army, a front for Guatemalan armed forces and police assigned to extra-judicial kidnappings, torture and murders).
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 1, 2019
2. Rubén Mérida Escobar Marker
Further east on the street is this additional marker noting that the street was named for the slain teacher.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 1, 2019
3. Rubén Mérida Escobar Marker
The marker can be seen on the far left of this building.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 1, 2019
4. The Carlos Castillos Armas public school where Rubén Mérida Escobar was assassinated
The school is about one kilometer further west of the marker, just west of the San Marcos Public Hospital.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 102 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 20, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
