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  The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? (Hardback) By (author) Francisco Goldman

  

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  Short Description for The Art of Political MurderOn a Sunday night in 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi was bludgeoned to death. A Church-sponsored report had implicated Guatemala's government in the murders and disappearances of some 200,000 civilians. The Church, realizing that it could not rely on the legal system, took the decision to form an investigative team of young men called Los Intocables.
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  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • Published: 01 February 2008
  • Format: Hardback 228 pages
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  • Categories: True Crime
  • ISBN 13: 9781843547372 ISBN 10: 1843547376

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• On a Sunday night in 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage. Just two days earlier, a Church-sponsored report had implicated Guatemala's government in the murders and disappearances of some 200,000 civilians. The Church, realizing that it could not rely on the legal system to look into the bishop's murder, took the controversial decision to form an investigative team of young men who called themselves Los Intocables (the Untouchables) to find the killers.For seven years, Francisco Goldman followed Los Intocables' efforts to uncover the truth. He observed firsthand some of the most crucial developments in the case, including the killing and forced exile of witnesses, judges and lawyers. The Art of Political Murder is his mesmerising account of the investigation. In telling it, Goldman opens a window on the new Latin American reality of mara youth gangs and organized crime, and demonstrates, at the most intimate level, the difficulties of building democracy in a country awash with political corruption and criminality. Most of all, it is the story of an extraordinary group of courageous people and their fight for justice.