 Magno akaberekerwa muBaguia, muPortuguese Timor yenguva iyoyo, kuna Ana Xavier G. Magno naAlberto dos Reis Magno. Mwedzi gumi neimwe pashure pokuberekwa kwake, Indonesia yakatanga kutora East Timor. Mhuri yaMagno yakatizira kuMount Matebian, nzvimbo yekurwisa kweFretilin kurwisa varidzi venyika. Mhuri yacho yakagara ichitiza kwemakore mana isati yadzokera kuBaguia muna 1979. Muna 1980, mhuri yacho yakazviisa mumaoko ehondo yeIndonesia nokuti nhengo dzayo dzakanga dziri mungozi yenzara. 