Chronicle of Death Foretold Why didn't people like Scholastica, Celeste, or Yamil say anything to Santiago?

People like Escolástica Cisneros, Celeste Dangond, or Yamil did not say anything to Santiago because they did not get any chance to say anything to him he had gone away from the sight.

Explanation:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a book written by Gabriel García Márquez. The book is about a foretold murder of Santiago Nasar, the protagonist of the story.

In the novel, everyone in the town knew that Santiago was to be murdered but no one dared to warn him. And those who tried to warn him, it was too late for them.

Escolástica Cisneros, a flower woman saw Santiago and his friend Cristo Bedoya walk in the crowd, but did not warn him because no one dared touch him.

Celeste Dangond did not warn him because he perceived it to be a mere rumour.

Yamil acted once he got to know about the plan but it was too late for him to warn Santiago because he was dead.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.