Two new graves scar the jungle floor near the village of Bia Recuate, home of the Yuqui Indians. A grave is not a pretty sight. It is dirty, cold, and damp. The grave is evidence that “checkmate” has been called and life on earth has ended. There is no escape from it. There is not another chance to make amends, nor to live life differently.

The following is a summary of the lives of the two men who died. Their stories are similar only in that their mortal remains rest side by side in the forest of the land of the Yuqui.