Mario Borzaga was born on 27 August 1932 in Trent as the third of four children [REF].
On 25 April 1960 he and Lug - at the request of some of the villagers of Pha Xoua - began a three-day walk near the border of China and along the path lost their tracks but were later ambushed and killed by guerillas of the Pathet Lao.