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Renán (third from right) is Efraín Arévalo’s youngest son. He was born on December 21, 1977, one month after his father’s disappearance. He grew up in Los Planes Segundos, a canton in the municipality of Chinameca, in the department of San Miguel, the same community where his father worked as director of the Escuela Rural Mixta José A. Mora. When he was fourteen years old, Renán’s teacher showed him a photograph of Efraín Arévalo that had been published in a 1977 newspaper. This was the first time Renán, who had grown up separate from the rest of the family, had seen his father’s face, and from that point on, he began developing an interest in meeting his other siblings. In 2008, he finally met his three sisters. “They say I look just like my dad. I feel proud because now I know he was an exemplary person who fought against injustice and for inequality in my country,” he says. Renán is now the same age his father was when he disappeared. He attended his father’s funeral accompanied by his wife and three children. Photo credit/ El Faro.