English - Chronicle Final Project (#6, News Story)

What happened yesterday in the town of Sucre, Colombia was a truly horrific event. Santiago Nasar, a young fiancé, engaged to Flora Miguel, was brutally murdered by Pedro and Pablo Vicario on his front doorstep in front of many of his own townspeople. What could have been the cause of such a horrific event, and why didn't anyone do anything to stop it? We have the answers. It was a normal morning for Nasar, a day just like any other. So, what could have gone so drastically wrong for this normal day to end in Santiago's death?
Spectators of this event recall the scene to be "extremely horrifying and gruesome," and some even compared this horrible picture to Santiago being crucified against his white front door. The rumor being spread throughout town stating the cause of Nasar's murder is that Bayardo San Román, (who was not a friend of Nasar's,) and Angela Vicario had married a few days before. Bayardo returned Angela to her parent's house the morning after their wedding, stating she was not a virgin. When asked who Angela who had lost her virginity to, she said Santiago Nasar. Her two twin brothers, Pedro and Pablo Vicario, set out to kill Nasar in the next couple of days. The main question, though, is, "What proof was there that Nasar was the culprit?"
Beside me is Hortensia Baute, who runs the butcher shop in Sucre, Colombia. "Good morning, Hortensia. Tell us about the experience you have had involving anything to do with the murder." "Good morning. Since I run the butcher shop, I see men come in to buy meat and sharpen their knives for...whatever their work entitles them to do. When Pedro and Pablo came in to sharpen their knives, I thought nothing of it. I just let the men go along as they usually do, and tried not to get into any of their business." "Isn't it true, though, Hortensia, that these two brothers told you flat out that they were going to kill Santiago Nasar?" "Well...yes...they did. But they probably told other people too. I just thought they were joking, being the misbehaving boys that two brothers can be when they are together." But why did the citizens of Sucre do nothing to stop the murder of Nasar, when some of them knew it was going to happen?
Here with me is another townsperson from Sucre who witnessed the event, Cristo Bedoya. "Hello, Mr. Bedoya. What part did you play in the playing out of Nasar's murder?" "Hello. I ran all over the town trying to inform Nasar of what was about to happen to him, but we were both in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was always just a little bit too short of catching him and warning him. It is a sad, sad day here in Sucre." "We are all very sorry for the loss of your good friend, Mr. Bedoya. We are trying to figure out how this murder could have slipped through so many of the cracks, and was not stopped. Do you think Nasar was the man guilty of the crime he was accused of?" "I am not sure of anything at this point. I loved Santiago as a dear friend of mine, and I do not want to blame anything on him, especially since he is not here with us anymore. It doesn't matter what I know though. All I know is that in this town, the number one, most important thing people care about is their family's honor and their own reputation. Maybe Angela thought up anyone off the top of her head to accuse in front of the judge so she or her family would not look guilty. The society of Colombia is a very secretive one, and Sucre is filled with lies just as much as it is secrets, too. It is so sad to me to think that, even though we know who committed Nasar's murder, we will never, ever know all the motives behind it, nor will we know what was truth and what was lies." "Thank you for taking the time to talk to us, Mr. Bedoya, as we know it must be hard so soon after Santiago's passing."
So, there are some of the witnesses of this murder, that we were able to talk to first-hand. Unlike most homicides, we know who committed it, just not the reasoning and motives. Why did the Vicario brothers really commit this crime? Why did almost no one try to stop this horrific event from happening? Thanks for watching, stay tuned for more updates on this story.