Orlando Hernández Alvarado
Orlando Hernández Alvarado | |
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| Born | Orlando Santiago Hernández y Alvarado 1 November 1982 |
| Disappeared | 6 June 2022 (aged 39) Liberty City, Paleocacher |
| Status | Missing |
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| Education | House of Martínez–Pelayo University (no degree) |
| Alma mater | Kennadaine University |
| Occupation | Journalist, activist |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Era | Post-2003 coup d'état |
| Known for | Founder of El Faro |
Notable work | El Faro |
| Net worth | SLK1.368 million selkies |
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| Movement | Commission for Creeperian Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Albina Collazo Fuentes (m. 2009) |
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| Website | www.elfaro.net |
Orlando Édgar Hernández y Alvarado (born Orlando Santiago Hernández y Alvarado; 1 November 1982) is a Creeperian journalist and activist who lived in exile in Liberty City, Paleocacher. He is a citizen of Paleocacher and Creeperopolis, although some news outlets have claimed that his Creeperian citizenship has been revoked, a fact which the Creeperian government has discredited. He went missing on 6 June 2022 after being kidnapped at a coffee shop in Liberty City.
Hernández Alvarado has lived in exile since the 2003 Creeperian coup d'état in an attempt to evade arrest during the purges that followed the coup. In exile, he established the digital weekly newspaper El Faro. The newspaper is heavily critical of the Creeperian government. Since leaving Creeperopolis, he declared that he has left the Creeperian Catholic Church and has since labeled himself as irreligious. He has also learned Cantuath and Quebecshirite, and is a member of Green Paleocacher.
He has described himself as a irreligious socialist and a progressive. He has stated that he opposes the absolute monarchy in Creeperopolis, wishes for the reestablishment of democracy in Creeperopolis, the arrest of high ranking government and military officials, the reduction of the power and influence of the Catholic Church and the military, and a complete reform of the Creeperian Armed Forces and Creeperian Imperial Police. He has also stated that he questions the figures of the De-Catholization and that he considers several of the active and historical left-wing militant groups in Creeperopolis and freedom fronts. For such opinions, he has been sentenced to death in absentia in 2003 on several charges, such as treason, apostasy, and De-Catholization denial.
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Early life
Orlando Santiago Hernández y Alvarado was born on 1 November 1982 in Panachor, Zapatista, Creeperopolis. His father was Jorge Salvador Hernández y Valdéz and his mother was Ana María Alvarado y Sandoval de Hernández. He had an older brother, Jorge (born 1979), an older sister, Gloria (born 1981), and a younger brother, Félix (born 1983). On 29 December 1982, his father was murdered in Tuxtla Martínez by the Mejía Legion death squad, lead by Federico Mejía Yanes, who had labeled him as an associate of the gang Mara Salvatrucha, despite there being no evidence of any association. Mejía Yanes was eventually killed in a shootout on 16 January 1983, just under a month later. His father's death resulted in his brother being born in September 1983 without a father, while him and his two older siblings grew up without a father. Their uncle, Sanjurjo Sócrates Alvarado y Marroquín, and their grandfather, Jorge Romero Hernández y Pesado, acted as their father figures.
On 16 April 1992, Félix was killed by the Creeperian Imperial Police (PIC) in Panachor during a shootout with Mara Salvatrucha. He was with his mother on his way to school when a stray bullet struck him in the head. His mother was hit in the abdomen but survived after being administered into a hospital. Félix was killed immediately; he was 8 years old. His family received $2 thousand dollars[note 1] of compensation from the PIC.
Journalism and activism in Creeperopolis
In 2001, Hernández Alvarado took the National University Acceptance Exam (EXACUN) to skip military service and be accepted into a university. He finished with a score of 1,058, above the average that year of 877. He passed the test, was permitted to skip conscription into the military, and was enrolled in the House of Martínez–Pelayo University in Tuxtla Martínez. In 2002, as a project for his journalism course, he joined the university newspaper and began publishing articles. His articles were critical of the government, then the Alfonsisto under Emperor Alfonso VI. He argued for democracy in Creeperopolis, the abolition of the monarchy, and the reduction of the influence of the Creeperian Catholic Church, which he himself had since disassociated with. Such speech was illegal in Creeperopolis, but he met no consequences as the government considered him a minor threat, but he was placed on a watchlist of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), the secret police of Creeperopolis.
On 18 June 2003, the Creeperian Armed Forces (FAC) staged a coup d'état and overthrew Alfonso VI's government. His government was replaced with the Romerist Military Junta (JMR) which installed Alexander II as Emperor. He wrote an article in opposition to the coup and the junta, which he stated would lead to a worse government than that of Alfonso VI. In 2003, the DINA initiated a purge of government and military officials, businessmen, and civilians who supported the Alfonsisto or oppose the new government. On 14 July 2003, his uncle, Sanjurjo, was arrested by the DINA on suspicions of holding pro-Alfonsisto sentiments, and since then, he has not resurfaced.
Following the arrest of his uncle, Hernández Alvarado decided to flee the country in fear of being arrested and disappeared himself. On 25 July 2003, Hernández Alvarado hid as a stowaway on a Paleocacher Trans-Oceanic flight from Tuxtla Martínez to Chicajun, Paleocacher. He survived the flight and was taken to a hospital in Fez. The following day, the Creeperian government revoked his citizenship and issued a warrant for his arrest. The Creeperian government put him on trial in absentia for several charges and was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to death in absentia. After spending one and a half months in hospital, he was released, where he settled in Liberty City.
Journalism and activism in exile
In exile, he enrolled in Kennedaine University School of Political Science. He founded El Faro as a project for his journalism course and began publishing articles criticizing the Creeperian government and calling for the institution of democracy in Creeperopolis. He accused the Quebecshirite government of supporting the coup d'état and installing a totalitarian government, which although there was no evidence at the time, it was later confirmed to be true when Quebecshirite documents were declassified in the 2010s which confirmed Quebecshirite involvement. Under the Creeperian Political and/or Religious Refugee Assimiliation Act of 1940, he was granted Paleocacherian citizenship in 2005 following an asylum case where his request for asylum based on religious persecution was approved.
Political views
During his exile in Paleocacher, Hernández Alvarado has expanded and evolved his political views on general issues and on issues specific to Creeperian politics. His most controversial view is his questioning of the figures of the De-Catholization, the 1930s and 1940s genocide of Creeperian Catholics, Romerists, and Salvadorans, which was perpetrated by the National Council for Peace and Order, or the Miguelists. The genocide killed 12.6 million people, but Hernández Alvarado has argued that the figure is much less. He acknowledges that the genocide did occur, but he puts the actual figure at 2.4 million dead, and he accounts for the remaining 10.2 million by placing the blame on the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council, or the Romerists. He stated that both the Red and White Terrors did occur, but that the White Terror killed far more than the Red Terror, and that the Creeperian government simply blamed the vast majority of their own killings and atrocities on the Red Terror, effectively clearing them of any blame and guilt. For this belief, he has been charged with and found guilty of De-Catholization denial by the Creeperian government.
Another controversial view is the abolition of the Creeperian Monarchy and the expulsion of the House of Martínez–Pelayo and the Cabañeras Family from power. He has praised the Republic of Creeperopolis and Orlando Moreno Hidalgo for the abolition of the monarchy in 1729 and the creating of complete democracy in Creeperopolis. He has also praised the existence of the First and Second Parliaments for existing and limiting the power of the monarchy. He personally identifies with the Liberal Party (PL) of the First Parliament and the Creeperian Socialist Party (PSC) of the Second Parliament. On 13 August 2009, Hernández Alvarado established the Commission for Creeperian Democracy (CODECRE) which called for the establishment of democracy in Creeperopolis. With the abolition of the monarchy, he also seeks to reduce the power and influence of the Creeperian Catholic Church in Creeperian politics.
He has often called for sweeping reforms of the Creeperian Armed Forces and the Creeperian Imperial Police. He cites the murder of his father in 1982, the death of his brother Félix in 1992, and the disappearance of his uncle in 2003 as evidence that serious reform is needed for the armed forces and for the law enforcement of the nation. Hernández Alvarado has stated that Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez, the Minister of Defense, is a "power-hungry and blood-thirsty dictator" and that Jonatán Muñoz Juderías, the Minister of Law Enforcement, is an "incompetent corrupt pawn of [Cabañeras] Gutiérrez."
Personal life
Hernández Alvarado married Albina Luísa Collazo y Fuentes in 2009 and they have two children: Fátima (born 2011) and María (born 2015). He lives in Liberty City. His net worth is estimated to be SLK1.368 million selkies.[note 2] His brother Jorge became a devoted member of the Creeperian Initiative and has criticized his brother for his actions and political positions, while his sister Gloria and his mother Ana joined him in exile in Liberty City. In 2006, he legally changed his middle name from Santiago to Édgar in homage to Édgar Cazalla Beldad, the leader of the Creeperian Socialist Party who was assassinated by the Camisas Negras during the Crisis of 1928.
Trial in absentia, sentencing, and charges
| Criminal charge |
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| Penalty | Death in absentia |
Reward amount | ₡10 million colóns[note 3] |
Wanted by |  Creeperopolis
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| Wanted since | 26 July 2003 |
Time at large | 20 years, 268 days |
| Count | Crime | Ruling | Sentence |
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| 1 | Treason | Guilty | Death in absentia |
| 2 | Apostasy | ||
| 3 | Blasphemy | ||
| 4 | Heresy | ||
| 5 | De-Catholization denial | ||
| 6 | Practicing Atheism | ||
| 7 | Practicing Communism | ||
| 8 | Sedition | ||
| 9 | Waging War on God | ||
| 10 | Waging War on the Empire | ||
