Francisco "Paco" Urondo (1930-1976) published numerous collections of poetry, drama, and fiction, as well as La patria fusilada, his famous interview with the survivors of the 1972 massacre at Trelew, a mass execution of 16 political prisoners in Rawson prison by the conservative military government of Argentina. On June 17, 1976, he was assassinated by Argentine Security Forces in an ambush.