they killed them
Que los polis los atraparon o los mataron.
That the police caught them or killed them.
— Perros de Reserva (1992)
A mis dos hijos ya me los mataron.
They’ve already killed both of my children.
— Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades (2022)
They killed them both.
The others were killed.
A Liajov y a Moroz los mataron porque eran grandes, mientras que yo no.
Lyakhov and Moroz were killed because they were big, while I wasn't.
— La infancia de Iván (1962)
How did they kill them?