![]() In one of his first hits, he sends a "Pajaro" attack against the local jail to free imprisoned conservatives to join his private army. They strike down Rosendo Zapata and many others, often with little or no cause. ![]() His conservative supporters become his henchmen called The Birds (in Spanish: Pajaros) and they begin a campaign of murder and intimidation. No longer an outcast, he begins to build up power and influence in the town and receives support from the Conservative party in the capital.īy 1950 the Liberals do not return to power and the liberal mayor of Tulua is replaced by a conservative, Leon Maria soon after becomes an assassin taking advantage of the situation to eliminate his enemies. Leon Maria is quick to capitalized on his new fame. The next day Gertrudis and the town liberals are surprised to find Leon Maria hailed as a hero of the conservatives. ![]() That night Maria Leon scares the protesters with dynamite before they can burn the church. Leon Maria notes the rising revolutionary atmosphere and wishing to protect the interests of conservatives, he and other militants get weapons and keep watch. The village church and other Conservative-leaning institutions close fearing reprisal. Two years later news spreads of around the country of the assassination of popular Liberal leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitán. Miss Gertrudis hopes the victory is temporary. On the presidential election day, to his surprise, Leon Maria learns that the Conservative Party has won the elections. Leon Maria's job as a bookseller is poor, but Miss Gertrudis convinces the mayor to give him a job as a cheese salesman in the market square. Rosendo Zapata, a senior member of the Liberal party insults the conservative party when talking with Lozano, but Lozano demands respect. News of conservatives crimes against liberals leads to the Liberals being condemned as Masons and atheists. In those years political killing were common. For his activism he is discriminated against by the majority of people except by Gertrude Potes, a senior military liberal and a few other liberals. Leon Maria Lozano is a humble worker and a Colombian Conservative Party member living in Tulua, Colombia, in a time where liberals rule following the close 1946 presidential election. ![]()
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