Francisco Ruas Hornay

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Francisco Ruas Hornay († November 24, 1976 in Muapitine , East Timor ) was an East Timorese freedom fighter and Timorese nobleman ( Liurai ).

Life

Hornay was originally a soldier in the Portuguese colonial army.

In 1974 the Portuguese dictatorship was overthrown by the Carnation Revolution and the colonies began to be prepared for independence. In 1975, in what was then Portuguese Timor , there was a power struggle between the left-wing FRETILIN and the União Democrática Timorense UDT. Portugal's last governor, Mário Lemos Pires , withdrew and the FRETILIN declared the independence of East Timor after its victory on November 28, 1975. In the meantime, however, Indonesia had begun to occupy the border areas and on December 7th a large-scale invasion of the neighboring country officially began. From this time on, the FRETILIN waged a defense and liberation struggle against the Indonesians with its armed arm, the FALINTIL .

Hornay had already fought against the Indonesians invading covertly in Bobonaro from September to November 1975 . First he fought in Balibo until its fall in mid-October, then in Atabae together with Aquiles Freitas Soares . Atabae fell on November 26th. Hornay returned to his home base in Iliomar . Here he soon came into conflict with the local management of FRETILIN and FALINTIL.

He opposed the measures taken by FRETILIN to pull the population together in resistance bases ( bases de apoio ). There were military reasons behind this, but also the goal of ideologically training the population on FRETILIN. Hornay also criticized the appointment of Tómas Pinto as FRETILIN secretary of Iliomar. His vice Lere Anan Timor should take over the office instead, according to Hornay, because he came from a noble family. Juvenal Inácio (fighting name Sera Key ), the political commissioner of the Ponta Leste sector, therefore ordered Hornay to practice self-criticism and sent him with his closest allies to the re-education camp ( Campos de Rehabilitação Nacional , Renal) in Belta Tres near Lospalos for a fortnight .

After her return to Iliomar, Hornay trained men and young people in the military. Members of the Central Committee of FRETILIN (CCF) decided that the training had negative effects and stopped it. When the Central Committee decided that the population should gather for political education, Hornay disagreed. He was asked to come to Istasi in Fuat , but refused because he feared he would be arrested. He also prevented residents from Iliomar II and Tirilolo from going to the meeting. Instead, he sent 45 men to represent him.

Hornay received rifles, grenades and ammunition from his friend Aquiles Freitas Soares. Hornay received further ammunition from the Uaritin ammunition depot in Iliomar. Then in October 1976 he sent two men to Iliomar to negotiate, but they were arrested by the Central Committee. When trying to negotiate with FRETILIN himself, there was an exchange of fire. A week later, Sera Key and his aide Fernando Txay attacked .

Hornay and his men fled to Mount Paitah near Iliomar. Sera Key and Fernando Txay surrounded the refugees with FALINTIL soldiers and civilians from Iliomar. Most of Hornay's men and the civilians accompanying him surrendered and returned to their villages. Nine people were captured and tortured by Sera Key's men. Hornay fled with 49 of his followers to Kuladera in Uatucarbau . In mid-November, a new action was carried out in Uatucarbau, again with the population from Iliomar. On November 13th, the first men of Hornay were killed. In Irafok at Larimi was Paul Hornay caught and murdered. Shortly thereafter, 75 men Hornays Sera Key and Txay went online. They were taken back to Iliomar and tortured. Eight of them were killed in Lore on November 17 , the others were taken to Cacavei for two months to be re- educated . The children in the group were allowed to go home. Francisco Hornay was also eventually caught in Quelicai with five friends. He and four others were executed in Muapitine on November 24th. Another managed to escape, but was found a week later and killed too.

Constantino , the son of Francisco Hornay, was eleven years old when he was captured in November 1976. After he, like the other prisoners, had to spend several days tied up and was interrogated, Constantino was released. He had to work in the kitchen and tend buffalo.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d “Chega!”, Chapter 7.2, p. 127
  2. ↑ a b c d “Chega!”, Chapter 7.4, p. 67
  3. ↑ “Chega!”, Chapter 7.4, p. 67
personal data
SURNAME Hornay, Francisco Ruas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Portuguese Timor
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1976
Place of death Muapitine , East Timor