Armero, a tragedy that has been referred as the second most deadly volcanic eruption of the 20th century Yeah, Armero, a town that was located on the shores of the Lagunillas River; its residents slept that horrible night comforted by the words of their priest on a loudspeaker and their mayor on the local radio. They, I guess, trying to calm the villagers down, told them that there was nothing to fear about, even though the Red Cross had given orders for an evacuation at 7 pm!. And that's how they ignored some of the threats and committed their greatest sin: overlooking the signs of nature, they had to face the consequences of a tragedy that was about to start, yeah that's right, the natives ignored an eruption, which according to reports, was hidden by that
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