‘Keep fighting’

On the ninth of April 1972 El Sol de Sinaloa bequeathed us the narration of the funeral procession that accompanied the bodies of Juan de Dios Quiñónez and María Isabel Landeros, on their final route, to the cemetery, the day before:
“From the university campus the procession left for the Cathedral taking mainly the Teófilo Noris Avenue and then the Hidalgo to the East to the Obregón, to reach the religious headquarters.
Mourners walked with coffins in front on the shoulders of the students. At the head were young people carrying black blankets and with their right arms raised.
The next stop on the way was the Cathedral, where priests Fernando Figueroa, Manuel Loaiza and Salvador Santana officiated a mass and raised their prayers for the eternal rest of the fallen students.
In an unusual way if you will, Father Figueroa said in his sermon that “there is mourning in youth, but the fruit of it we are feeling in this union of young people that means love; love of a youth that walks towards an ideal and that follows the designs of a society that has become deaf to its calls.
Also in an unaccustomed way, the priest Manuel Loaiza addressed the young people present in the Cathedral to beg them: “as a friend, as a man, as a priest, I ask you to continue in the struggle; we are with you, but for what you want most, let us ensure that there is no bloodshed.



Original source in Spanish