To Aura Estrada—I strike the board and cry, No more! You lived with this obsession for several years. Throughout, you were the light. Thank you.
Index
Aguilar, Arturo (El Gordo), 72–73, 83, 154, 167, 169, 170, 179–81, 183, 184, 223–27, 258, 292, 294–95, 312–13, 317, 341
Aguilar, Irvíng, 243, 251, 268
Aguilar Higueros, Iván (El Chino), 30–35, 58, 60, 77, 79, 82, 83, 95, 101, 190, 192–93, 205, 218, 272–74, 277, 294–300, 302, 327, 332, 353
Aguilar Martínez, Jorge, 185–86, 196, 205, 209, 223, 225–32, 246, 251, 265, 316–18, 321, 327, 385–6
Alvarenga, Benjamin, 386
Alvarado, Carlos Rene, 382
Andrews, Jurgen, 225
Annan, Kofi, 96
Arbenz, Jacobo, 13, 14
Ardón Medina, Otto, 50, 59, 76–79, 95, 96, 98, 99, 105, 112, 114, 124, 131, 136, 153–57, 160–61, 163, 171, 235, 268, 270, 275, 296, 343, 353, 354
Arnault, Jean, 50, 54, 70, 80, 90, 154, 175–77, 287, 307
Arzú, Antonio, 154–55
Arzú, Diego, 324–25
Arzú, Roberto, 326
Arzú Irigoyen, Álvaro Enrique (President), 6, 7, 27, 52, 53, 60, 80, 83, 88–91, 93, 96, 107, 120, 124, 125, 150, 154–55, 157, 173, 185, 189, 205, 224–25, 229, 237, 246, 248, 250, 260, 269, 271, 304, 307, 310, 311, 315, 318, 323–25, 343, 345, 350, 381, 384, 387
Baloo, 37, 38, 65, 95–101, 105, 107–8, 115–16, 122, 126–28, 136–39, 168, 187
Bámaca, Efraín, 307, 385
Barahona, Colonel, 282
Barrientos, Carlos, 207, 246, 247, 347
Barrios, Justo Rufino, 141
Barrios, Yassmín, 203–4, 207, 208, 259, 280, 381
Batres, Jorge, 347
Berger, Oscar (President), 311, 318, 320, 345, 347, 386, 388
Betancourt, Belisario, 136, 380
Beteta, Noél, 42, 75, 93, 144, 280
Borges, Jorge Luis, 227, 301
Brodsky, Joseph, 140
Búcaro, Sergio, 88
Bush, George W., 328
Bushnell, Prudence, 204, 254, 313
Bux, Robert, 129, 133–34
Carillo Grajeda, Edgar, 242, 382
Carpio Nicolle, Jorge, 123
Carranza, Gustavo, 384
Casariego, Mario (Cardinal), 11, 19, 20
Cascante, Wendy, 295, 296
Castañeda, Mario, 190
Castillo, Adán, 386
Cerezo, Vinicio (President), 86, 225
Chanax Sontay, Rubén (El Colocho), 30–37, 50, 58–60, 77, 79, 82, 83, 95, 189, 190, 192–94, 196, 205, 210, 216–23, 230, 239, 247, 251, 268, 272–80, 288–94, 298–300, 302–3, 305–11, 314, 318, 324, 327, 330–32, 342, 345, 353, 354, 375, 378–9, 384–6
Chex López, Oscar, 179, 180, 182, 183, 205, 232, 265
Chin, Carlos, 203
Chinchilla Monzon, Misael, 382
Cifuentes, Arlene, 176, 177, 186
Cintrón Gálvez, Julio, 196–97, 251, 261
Clinton, Bill, 129, 155
Coello, Pablo, 97
Cojulún, Eduardo, 207, 208, 213, 219, 246, 253–54, 256, 259, 266
Colosio, Luis Donaldo, 61
Conte Cojulún, Ángel, 54, 353
Contreras, Blanca Lidia, 157, 159–63
Contreras, Wilewaldo, 261, 279–81, 287, 301, 313
Cumaraswamy, Param, 382
D’Aubuisson, Roberto, 162, 381, 388
Dedet Catzprowitz, Roy, 238
De la Grange, Bertrand, 265–68, 287, 288, 292, 315, 326, 336, 343, 382–4
Del Cid, Thelma, 314
De León Carpio, Ramiro (President), 306
De León Girón, Danilo, 327
Delrue, Terry, 249
Derham, James, 326
Domingo, Darinel, 337–39, 356
Domingo, Mario, 34–35, 53, 73, 97–99, 122, 134, 172, 173, 189, 194, 196, 197, 207, 223, 224, 227, 230, 244, 246, 253, 266, 288, 289, 291, 294, 296–98, 300, 304, 309, 311, 314, 316–18, 330–31, 335–41, 344, 350, 355, 356, 376, 382, 385–6
Duarte, Napoleon, 20
Dubois, Alvin, 227, 228
Dulles, Allen, 14
Dulles, John Foster, 14
Echeverría Vallejo, Roberto, 196, 197, 203, 215, 221, 265, 288
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 13, 15
Escobar, Ana Lucía, 44–46, 48, 60, 156–60, 162, 163, 166–67, 171, 234, 247, 267, 271, 287, 314, 315, 321, 378–9, 383
Escobar, Dagoberto, 44–45, 160
Escobar, Imelda, 44, 157–58, 162, 163
Escobar Blas, Francisco (Major), 153, 157, 161, 171–72, 225, 228, 239, 240, 245, 246, 250, 258, 269, 271, 272, 320–22, 324, 335, 342, 343–44, 354
Espinosa, Marco Tulio (General), 33, 34, 51, 60, 81, 87, 90, 93, 94, 120, 163, 269, 325, 350, 387
Fazlollah, Mark, 147
Fernández, Dina, 92–93
Figueroa, Isaías, 128–29, 131, 138, 153, 154
Flores, Gerardo (Bishop), 96
Font, Juan Luis, 343, 344
Fujimori, Alberto, 267
Galeano, Specialist, 225, 228, 386
Galindo, Celvin, 155–56, 171, 173, 186, 187, 189, 268, 270–71, 343, 354
García, Carlos, 121, 149, 150
García, Jorge, 276, 277, 288, 289, 292–94, 296, 297, 311, 314, 318, 345, 386–7
Garcia, Miguel Angel Hércules (Don Mike), 35, 218
García González, (General), 290
García Pimentel, Vinicio, 94, 109
García Pontaza, Luis Carlos, 160, 166, 167, 234–36, 271, 287, 383
García Villatoro, Flor de María, 173, 185, 187, 193, 197, 198, 205, 226, 230, 231, 238
Gerardi Conedera, Juan (Bishop), 3–9, 11–13, 18–21, 23, 25–27, 30–32, 34, 36, 38–44, 46, 49, 54, 56, 58, 59, 65, 67–69, 74–79, 82, 85–87, 89, 91, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100–103, 108–9, 111–14, 116, 118–19, 121, 123–25, 127, 130, 131, 135–38, 140–42, 146, 148, 150, 154–57, 159–63, 167, 169–73, 175–77, 179, 181–83, 185, 186, 192, 195, 198, 201, 205, 210, 217–19, 223, 225, 229, 232, 235, 237, 239, 241, 245, 247–51, 257–58, 260, 261, 266–69, 271, 275, 277–81, 284, 286–88, 290, 294–97, 300, 301, 307, 308, 310–13, 316–18, 320–25, 327–31, 337, 338, 341, 342, 345, 346, 349–54, 356, 357, 378, 381, 386
Giammattei, Alejandro, 347, 349
Godoy Cojulún, Víctor Hugo, 351–54
Godoy de Cuevas, Rosario, 146–48, 380
Gómez, Julia, 289
Gómez Calixto, Héctor, 147
Gómez Limón, Gilberto, 210–15, 287, 318
Gómez Limón, Noé, 213, 215, 287
González, Ángel, 345
González, Epamonidas, 123
González, Marco Aurelio (Father Maco), 46, 48
González, Ramón, 214
González Rodas, Adoldo, 187, 194, 269
Gramajo, Héctor (General), 86
Guerra, Mario, 56, 59, 130, 134
Guillamón, Rafael, 50, 51, 60, 70, 80–82, 88, 101, 118, 131, 169, 177, 271, 286–87, 292, 296, 299, 306–8, 321, 322, 324, 326, 328, 375, 384–5
Gutiérrez, Dionisio, 345
Gutiérrez, Edgar, 5–6, 8, 10, 19, 23, 49, 55–57, 78, 89, 90, 92, 119, 123, 124, 164, 177–78, 187–89, 195, 240, 248–49, 260, 265–67, 304, 311, 314, 315, 318–20, 327
Guzmán, Enrique, 4, 141
Guzmán de Zuñiga, Amada, 207, 208
Hamilton, John, 313
Harbury, Jennifer, 307
Hernández, Efraín (Chancellor of the Curia), 39, 44–48, 103, 108, 156–62, 164, 167, 171, 198, 220, 235, 267, 314, 324, 328, 378–9
Hernández Perez, Santos, 382
“Hugo,” 273, 277, 296, 298, 299, 304, 308, 330, 331, 387
Iraheta, Mario, 55–56, 130, 133
Izaguirre, Antonio, 38, 57, 102, 248
Izquierdo Banini, Hugo, 246
John Paul II, Pope, 19, 21, 61, 257, 342
Kaufman, Andy, 68, 70
Kennedy, John F., 15
Kerry, John F., 267
Kinzer, Stephen, 14
Knight, Suge, 130
Lainfiesta Cáceres, Eric, 309–10
Leal, Mario, 279
Lima Estrada, Byron Disrael (Colonel), 84–88, 119, 120, 142–44, 148, 153, 156, 160, 161, 176, 181, 186, 194–96, 198, 201, 203, 207, 217–18, 239–44, 248, 255–57, 261, 267, 274, 281, 282, 284–87, 290, 306, 307, 310, 313, 314, 316, 320, 323, 327, 331, 332, 335, 341, 343, 346, 352, 354, 356, 357, 379, 386
Lima Oliva, Byron (Captain), 53, 84, 88, 89, 119–20, 153, 161, 166, 173, 176, 177, 186, 194–96, 198, 201, 203–5, 207, 209, 215, 217, 219, 225, 228–29, 233–35, 237–40, 245, 246, 248–55, 257, 261, 267, 271–74, 278, 279, 281, 282, 284–87, 294, 296, 298, 299, 307, 308, 313–16, 319, 320, 324, 325, 327, 331, 335, 343, 346–50, 352, 354, 356, 386–7
Lima Oliva, Luis Alberto, 382
Linares Beltranena, Fernando, 92, 93, 379
López, Margarita, 8, 38, 40, 44, 47, 57, 65, 97, 98, 101, 194, 201, 207, 216, 226, 248, 257
López Rico, Major, 290
Lucas García, Fernando Romeo (General), 20
Mack Chang, Helen, 42, 49, 55, 89, 172, 178, 179, 245, 256, 258, 300
Mack Chang, Myrna, 42, 43, 49, 75, 93, 113, 123–24, 130, 139, 141, 142, 144, 175, 202, 258, 280, 281, 284, 300
Mancilla Meléndez, Elida, 326
Marcos, Subcomandante, 267
Mariano Carrera, José, 106–8
Mario, Father. See Orantes Nájera, Mario “Meche,” 88, 177
Medrano Garcia, Erick, 382
Mejía Victores, Óscar (General), 20, 21, 85, 86
Meléndez Crispín, Julio, 327, 328, 331, 344, 382
Melgar, Mynor, 75–77, 84, 109, 133, 201–3, 207, 210, 215, 221, 249, 250, 253, 254, 261, 266, 278, 281
Melville Novella, Martha Jane, 103, 105, 109, 110, 324
Menchú, Mario, 91, 92, 94, 101, 138, 177
Menchú, Rigoberta, 16, 181, 345
Méndez Arriaza, Claudia, 232–34, 236–42, 260, 266, 286, 307, 312–13, 324, 335, 341, 343, 344, 348, 349, 375, 381
Méndez Perussina, Jorge Diego, 164–66, 168, 205, 271
Mendizábal, Luis, 157, 162, 380–1
Mendizábal de la Riva, Fernando, 51
Mendoza, Arni (El Pitti), 37, 81, 100, 101
Mendoza, Rodolfo, 80
Mérida Escobar, José, 42–43, 175
Mike, Don. See Garcia, Miguel Angel Hércules
Monroy, Guillermo, 177
Monroy, Henry, 168, 172, 173, 271
Morales, Berta Julia, 383
Morales, José (Chepito), 322
Morales Garcia, Darío, 153, 171, 172, 245, 321, 327, 382
Morales Solares, José, 386
Nájera de Orantes, Marta, 110–11, 150, 152, 247
Nájera Ruiz, Hugo, 382
Ng, Anson, 123
Novella, Olga, 94
Ochaeta, Ronalth, 5–6, 8–11, 26, 40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50–51, 54–56, 62, 70, 71, 76, 83, 89, 90, 94, 96, 112–14, 118, 119, 129, 131, 139, 140, 169, 174–78, 186, 188, 198, 240, 265–67, 314
Ochaeta, Sonia, 40, 114, 139, 174, 175
Olivares Alay, Osmel, 316–18, 385
Olmos, Cecilia, 50, 70, 71
Omar Aguilar, Elser, 166, 167
Orantes Nájera, Sergio, 103–11, 142, 158, 203
Orantes Nájera, Mario, 3, 9, 26, 29, 32, 36–39, 44–47, 50, 51, 57–58, 65, 68–70, 91, 94–112, 114, 115, 117–19, 121, 126, 136–38, 142, 150, 152–56, 158, 160, 161, 163, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 187, 190, 194, 197, 198, 201, 207, 219–20, 226, 232, 247, 248, 250, 254–57, 271–73, 279, 295, 298–99, 315–17, 321, 324–25, 332, 337, 343, 354, 355
Ortega, Ricardo, 75, 202
Ortega Menaldo, Francisco (General), 379
Ozaeta, Christian, 356
Palladino, Jack, 129, 130, 132–35, 137, 139, 331
Penados, Fernando, 40–44, 48, 49, 54, 55, 71–72, 74, 76, 94, 96, 103, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 118, 121, 149, 150, 160, 166, 167, 169, 170, 179, 188, 189, 197–98, 203, 223, 256, 258, 319, 327, 330
Penados, Julio, 9, 40, 46
Penados del Barrio, Próspero (Archbishop), 4, 19–21, 40, 41, 44, 46, 84, 197, 304, 326–28
Pérez, Hans, 121, 122
Pérez Avedaño, Carlos, 88
Pérez Ixcajop, Julio, 42
Pérez Molina, Otto (General), 239, 306, 307, 318, 345, 346, 349, 385, 388
Pinochet, Augusto (General), 142, 239
Pop, Pedro, 192–93, 375
Porras, Gustavo, 90
Portillo, Alfonso (President), 187, 188, 195, 259–60, 266, 288, 304, 311–14, 316, 318–19, 326, 327, 381
Posadas, Cardinal, 61
Pozuelos, Rudy (Colonel), 94, 173, 225, 229, 230, 238, 245, 246, 250, 258, 269, 316, 317, 335, 382, 385
Quesén, 218, 307–8
Quiróz, Gabriel, 75, 76, 83, 84, 120–21, 149, 205
Ramazzini, Álvaro (Bishop), 46
Reagan, Ronald, 85, 147
Reverte Coma, José Manuel, 98, 99, 122, 128–38, 178–79, 208, 265, 267
Reyes Palencia, Fernando (Colonel), 306, 346
Rico, Maite, 265–68, 287, 288, 292, 294, 315, 326, 336, 343, 382–4
Ríos Montt, Efraín (General), 20, 21, 85–86, 117, 140, 187, 188, 189, 260, 320, 381
Ríos Montt, Mario (Bishop), 111, 117–18, 120, 132, 135, 155, 198, 249, 250
Rivera, Héctor, 81, 353
Rivera, Victor, 388
Rivera, Marco Tulio, 81, 353
Rodas, Arturo (El Califa), 72, 73, 170, 179
Rodenas, Nery, 51–52, 54, 56, 58, 94, 97, 99, 122, 174, 186, 189, 196, 197, 205, 207, 208, 245, 254, 256, 266, 314, 356
Romero, Axel, 45, 48, 56, 325
Romero, Oscar (Archbishop), 13, 162, 380
Rosales, Victor, 387
Rossell y Arrellano, Mariano (Archbishop), 11, 103, 106, 110
Ruano, Ronald Manfredo, 204
Salvadó, Rodrigo (El Shakira), 73, 74, 83, 95, 149, 169, 170, 179–81, 183, 184, 205, 223, 227, 258, 292, 294–95, 312–13, 322–23, 350–52, 354, 356, 382
Sanabria, Juana, 36, 45, 205, 248
Sánchez, Anibál, 187, 190
Sandoval, Mario, 162, 388
Sandoval Richardson, Beverly, 271, 384
Santisteban Zárate, Carlos, 349
Sas Rompich, Haroldo, 52, 84, 94, 150, 186, 210
Schlesinger, Stephen, 14, 377
Simon, Jean-Marie, 17, 145, 146, 377, 380
Solís Oliva, Juan Carlos, 156–57, 160, 161, 163
Somoza, Anastasio “Tacho” (the elder), 130
Sontay, Rosa, 289–92, 384
Soria, Gustavo, 50, 52, 60, 77, 97, 101, 135, 235, 296
Sperber, Norman, 129, 133–34, 137
Sperisen, Erwin, 348, 387
Spiegler, Otto, 310
Starr, Kenneth, 129
Stein, Eduardo, 120, 318
Stephens, John Lloyd, 66
Stevens, Wallace, 3
Toj, Demetrio, 18
Toledo, José, 109, 126, 127, 197, 250–51
Trujillo, Julio, 57
Truman, Harry S., 14
Turcios, Luis, 15
Tuyuc, Rosalina, 181
Urízar, Erick, 153, 238, 382
Valencia Osorio, Juan (Colonel), 280, 281, 284
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 267, 268, 288, 301
Vela Arrango, Francisco, 292
Vielman, Carlos, 77–79, 90, 91, 95, 101, 138
Vielmann, Carlos (Interior Minister), 387–8
Villagrán Alfaro, Andrés (Artillery Major), 173, 174, 231, 245, 250, 258, 335, 382
Villanueva, Faustino, 17
Villanueva, Obdulio (Sergeant Major), 53, 54, 150, 186, 194, 195, 198, 201, 205, 207, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 218, 219, 225, 230, 232, 234, 243, 249, 255, 267, 268, 272, 281, 284, 285, 287–88, 294–96, 298, 307, 308, 328, 330, 331, 349, 354, 386
Vilma, 60, 68, 81
Yang, Howard, 173, 225, 271
Yon Sosa, Marco Antonio, 15
Zamora, José Rubén, 143, 348, 375
Zeissig, Leopoldo, 171, 187, 189–97, 204, 206, 207, 213, 214, 216, 217, 222, 235, 242, 243, 249, 252–54, 258, 260, 268–79, 288, 304, 321, 325, 329, 331, 349–50, 354, 356, 357, 375, 383