After Nazi Germany had invaded most of Europe by 1941, Muñoz Borrero issued around 80 passports to Poles, many of them Jewish.
Despite being terminated, Muñoz Borrero continued to issue passports to Jews in occupied Europe.
It took 34 years after the death of Manuel that Yad Vashem eventually recognized Muñoz Borrero as a Righteous Among the Nations on 28 February 2011,.
[2] Seven years later in 2018, the Ecuadorian government posthumously restored Muñoz Borrero's credentials, made an official apology to the family of Muñoz Borrero's & acknowledging his work of saving of Jewish lives in World War II.
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