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September 25, 2012

Survivor of 1982 Massacre in Guatemala Wins Asylum in U.S. 
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An undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who only recently learned he
was a survivor of a 1982 massacre has been granted political asylum in
the United States. Oscar Ramírez Castañeda was just three years old
when a U.S.-backed death squad killed some 250 civilians in the
Guatemalan village of Dos Erres. While Ramirez's mother and eight
siblings all died, he survived the slaughter when a commanding officer
abducted him and went on to raise him as one of his own. Now a father of
four living near Boston, Ramirez learned of his real past just last
year. He has since been reunited with his biological father, who
survived the attack because he was traveling when the massacre occurred.

 

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