The soft glow of candlelight flickers and wraps around a makeshift altar at the base of Art Hill.

A portrait of Brayan Garzón-Rayo is taped at the altar’s base, surrounded by white balloons bobbing gently in the breeze as his green-and-white soccer jersey — a nod to the Colombian soccer team Atlético Nacional — is neatly laid out in front of his image.

Lucy Garzón, his mother, stands quietly before the shrine as tears well in her eyes. Her eulogy is inscribed under her son’s image: “En la tierra, mi guerrero. En el cielo, mi angel.” On Earth, my warrior. In heaven, my angel.

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