On 27 May 1978, when natives from San Vicente (in Panzós) went to work the land on the shores of the Polochic river, the sons of a local landlord showed up with several armed soldiers and intimidated the natives to stop demanding land for themselves. The same day, the military detained two peasants in La Soledad and roughed up several more. There was a small disturbance and one of the peasants was killed.
