ARGENTINA: Mourners pay their respects to murdered folk singer Facundo Cabral

Record ID: 445682

  • Title: ARGENTINA: Mourners pay their respects to murdered folk singer Facundo Cabral
  • Date: 13th July 2011
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (JULY 12, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CABRAL FANS AND SECURITY OUTSIDE ND ATENEO THEATER WHERE HIS COFFIN IS ON DISPLAY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ARRIVING TO THEATER VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT CABRAL'S COFFIN VARIOUS OF FLORAL OFFERING SENT BY THE ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ ARRIVING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SINGER FACUNDO CABRAL'S NEPHEW , SERGIO CABRAL, SAYING: "Looking at the response this has provoked I really think this is what he wanted: for people to listen to him and for people take in consideration the things that he sung about and looking at all this, I think he succeeded. And now more than ever we have to listen to him." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS AT CABRAL'S COFFIN
  • Embargoed: 28th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Argentina, Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Arts
  • Reuters ID: LVAA81978K80YP266YAUBHTPS51P
  • Story Text: The remains of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral arrived home to Buenos Aires on Tuesday (July 12) from Guatemala, where Cabral was murdered by gunmen on Saturday.
    Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Cabral's murder was the work of international gangs targeting the singer's concert promoter.
    The 74-year-old had been on tour in Guatemala.
    His fans gathered outside the ND Ateneo Theater in Buenos Aires to pay their respects to the famous protest signer, who rose to fame across Latin America in the 1970s when the region was rocked by various military coups and dictatorships.
    Hundreds of flowers adorned his coffin, one bouquet sent straight from the office of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez.
    Cabral's nephew, Sergio Cabral, said he was moved by the people's response to his uncle's death.
    "Looking at the response this has provoked I really think this is what he wanted: for people to listen to him and for people take in consideration the things that he sung about and looking at all this, I think he succeeded. And now more than ever we have to listen to him," Sergio Cabral said.
    All the evidence suggested that Cabral's promoter Henry Farina, not the singer, was the target of the attack.
    Gunmen opened fire on Cabral as he was heading to the airport early on Saturday, killing the 74-year-old and seriously wounding Farina, who was driving their car.
    Farina, born in Nicaragua and owner of a chain of Central American strip clubs called Elite, was shot three times and is in critical condition in a hospital in Guatemala City.
    Cabral, born to a poor family in 1937, was best known for his 1970 song "No Soy De Aqui, Ni Soy De Alla," ("I'm Not From Here, I'm Not From There Either") which was covered by many other artists including Julio Iglesias.
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