{"id":26176,"date":"2015-04-09T10:49:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=26176"},"modified":"2015-04-13T14:32:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T21:32:28","slug":"adios-amilcar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/adios-amilcar\/","title":{"rendered":"Adi\u00f3s, Amilcar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[su_slider source=&#8221;media: 26177,26178,26180,26181,26182&#8243; link=&#8221;image&#8221; target=&#8221;blank&#8221; width=&#8221;700&#8243; height=&#8221;500&#8243; speed=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos by <em>Dhoryan Rizo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friends and neighbors of the fallen Amilcar Perez-Lopez, the 21-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who was shot to death by two plainclothes San Francisco police officers\u2014Eric Reboli and Craig Tiffe\u2014 said their final farewells on Saturday, April 4 from Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church in the Mission.<\/p>\n<p>After more than a month of legal hassles including an autopsy, Perez-Lopez\u2019s body is finally being returned to his hometown of San Jose La Arada in the Chiquimula department of Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>Perez-Lopez was killed on Feb. 26 while allegedly trying to retrieve his stolen cell phone from an acquaintance. Perez-Lopez, who was armed with a knife, was fatally shot in front of his home at 24th and Folsom streets after being confronted by police.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness accounts differed from that of the SFPD.<\/p>\n<p>Perez-Lopez\u2019s roommate stated that he dropped the knife upon being confronted by officers, turning and running in the opposite direction before being shot. Police say Perez-Lopez attacked the officers before being shot.<\/p>\n<p>His neighbor, Florencia Rojo, and construction coworker Eduardo Roman, collected and sent $2,000 to Perez-Lopez\u2019s family. His parents, who live in a shack inrural Guatemala, speak an indigenous dialect and almost no Spanish. 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