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Two years ago, during a FAMDEGUA meeting in Las 
Cruces, Catalino González introduced her to his son, Esdras. 
Elvia looked intently at his tanned face and remembered a 
boy who had the habit of teasing her and used to hide her 
schoolbag in order to get her attention.

“I thought Elvia was pretty. You know, at that age you know 
that you like someone but you’re just a kid, so I used to 
tease her and hide her school bag and pencils”, says Esdras, 
smiling. 

That reunion marked the beginning of Esdras and Elvia’s 
ongoing relationship.

Lesbia continues to work as a teacher and each year, on 
December 7, she asks a local priest to conduct a Mass in 
memory of the children of Dos Erres whose portraits she 
took all those years ago. 

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José León Granados Juárez was barely older than twenty 
when he entered Dos Erres after the massacre and recognized 
his father and uncle among the mass of decomposing corpses 
– half eaten by vultures - that he found in La Aguada.

That gruesome image has chased him for the past three 
decades and today he wanders around Las Cruces like a 
ghost. He did not testify in neither of the two trials due to his 
fragile mental health.

The psychologists from the Ministry of Health and Social 
Welfare (MSPAS) who have counseled the victims of the Dos 
Erres massacre as part of the pledges made by the State after 
the IACHR’s ruling, work with people such as José who are