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It is estimated that the population of San Francisco was approximately 9.900 by the year 2000. Regrettably, for the year 2003, this figure was reduced by 60% due to displacement, forced disappearances, massacres, and civilian deaths.
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"We left because they killed a cousin of mine. The army shot him and dressed him as a soldier from the guerrilla—a false-positive. When we arrived in San Francisco, we noticed that our entire community was displaced already. They were in the main town because of fear. There you could hear the shootings from both sides. It was very hard."
Interviewee from Boquerón-San Francisco.
"If you are told: “you are going to be worthy of a home in such and such a way”. And they do not give that to you, you feel already unpleasant. Although we, the poor people, we should be very grateful. And I am very grateful, but I know I do not have an adequate house. I do not have it."
Interviewee from El Tagual-San Francisco.
"The thing was bad—confrontations—by air the helicopters shooting and on the ground the bullets and the landmines. Many died, lots of innocents."
Interviewee from Guacales-San Francisco.
"Today is all good. Before the fear was fierce. One could hear far away the shootings, and in the afternoon one could see the mules carrying the bodies. That is very hard. Or the fact, that every week one could fin corpses on the road. Also seeing the troops go with them, to kill them later."
Interviewee from El Pajui-San Francisco.
"I do not know what happened. They took me, covered my face, and brought me into a room. They had me there for all that time: two days and one night. When they released me, they gave me half an hour to disappear from the village."
Interviewee from Alta Vista-San Francisco.
"Look, when we arrived, the house had no roof. It had no windows, no doors, and even the sanitary was taken away. There were no hoses, no light bulbs, and no power lines. People stole those things to re-sell them. So, my dad had to start from scratch."
Interviewee from La Fe-Aquitania
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