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Summary Of Who Killed Palomino Molero
Who killed Palomino Molero?
The story is basically about the murder of a young boy who was either drafted or enlisted in the base and is named palomino molero. The first chapter begins with the description of the boy’s corpse hung on the old carob tree. The description brought me goosebumps because the death suffered by Palomino is a pitiable one and is beyond my imagination. The boy’s mouth and nose being slit and his testicles pulled out to his thighs are the extremes of inhumanity. In order to interpret this brutal killing , the author writes “it was one thing to imagine it (referring to the situation while the boy was describing the situation)and quite another to see it and smell it.” The first chapter gives a brief view on the character

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