Near the Villavicencio to Bogotá road it became locally extinct but returned to its previous breeding sites when a new road was built removing the traffic away from the old highway.
Almost 50 years later he is remembered as the great and "famous" singer who sang boleros at a public performance in Villavicencio, in 1959.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have brought some assistance to these displaced people, which presently numbered over 100,000 displaced persons.
Bancom Audiovision's Kisapmata, a movie about a deranged retired policeman, won ten of the 13 awards in the 1981 Metro Manila Film Festival--- Best Picture; Vic Silayan (Best Actor); Jay Ilagan (Best Supporting Actor); Charito Solis (Best Supporting Actress); Mike de Leon (Best Director); Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr., Racquel Villavicencio and Mike de Leon (Best Screenplay and Story); Jess Navarro (Best Editing); Best Production Design and Best Sound Engineering.
ECP's Himala captured nine awards in the 1982 Metro Manila Film Festival--- Best Picture, Best Actress (Nora Aunor), Best Supporting Actor (Spanky Manikan), Best Supporting Actress (Gigi Duenas), Best Director (Ishmael Bernal), Best Cinematography (Sergio Lobo), Best Art Direction (Racquel Villavicencio), Best Sound Engineering (Rolly Ruta) and Best Editing (Ike Jarlego, Jr.).
They later expanded to other cities and by 1945 there were Arab Middle Easterners moving inland like Ocaña, Cúcuta, Barrancabermeja, Ibagué, Girardot, Honda, Tunja, Villavicencio, Pereira, Soatá, Neiva, Buga, Chaparral and Chinácota.
Villavicencio Marxuach was born in the town of Santurce to Rafael Villavicencio Plumey and Teresa Marxuach Plumey de Villavicencio; his maternal uncle was Lieutenant Colonel Teófilo Marxuach.
Villavicencio played for the La Salle Green Archers in the collegiate ranks between 1972 and 1976, and was part of the 1974-75 NCAA championship-winning team, alongside former PBA legend Lim Eng Beng.