LEADER 04200nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910821189103321 005 20241107093251.0 010 $a1-282-77224-4 010 $a9786612772245 010 $a0-520-94111-X 010 $a1-4356-0386-9 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520941113 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479161 035 $a(EBL)837156 035 $a(OCoLC)179688325 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259805 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259805 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191687 035 $a(PQKB)10368203 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837156 035 $a(OCoLC)868221443 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30323 035 $a(DE-B1597)520612 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520941113 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837156 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194305 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL277224 035 $a(ODN)ODN0000137264 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479161 100 $a20060710d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo save her life $edisappearance, deliverance, and the United States in Guatemala /$fDan Saxon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (340 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24597-0 311 0 $a0-520-25245-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tMap of Guatemala --$tList of Abbreviations --$tPreface --$t1. Thursday, July 23, 1992 --$t2. Thursday Morning and Afternoon --$t3. Friday, July 24, 1992 --$t4. Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26, 1992 --$t5. The Catholic Church in Guatemala, 1524-1992 --$t6. Monday and Tuesday, July 27-28, 1992 --$t7. Wednesday, July 29, 1992 --$t8. Thursday, July 30, 1992 --$tPART TWO: THE VISA --$t9. Friday, July 31, 1992 --$t10. Saturday, August 1, 1992 --$t11. Sunday, August 2, 1992 --$t12. Monday, August 3, 1992 --$t13. Tuesday, August 4, 1992 --$t14. Wednesday, August 5, 1992 --$t15. Thursday, August 6, 1992 --$tThe Aftermath --$tEpilogue --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography and Further Reading --$tIndex 330 $aPart human rights drama, part political thriller, part love story, this riveting narrative chronicles the disappearance of one woman as it tells the larger story of the past fifty years of violence and struggle for social justice and democracy, and U.S. intervention in Guatemala. Maritza Urrutia was abducted from a middle-class neighborhood while taking her son to school in 1992. To Save Her Life tells the story of her ordeal which included being interrogated in secret by army intelligence officers about her activities as part of a political opposition group. Chained to a bed, blindfolded, and deprived of sleep, Maritza was ultimately spared because her family was able to contact influential intermediaries, including author Dan Saxon, who was in Guatemala working for the Catholic Church's Human Rights Office. Here Saxon brings to life the web of players who achieved her release: the Church, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Congress, numerous NGOs, guerrilla groups, politicians, students, and the media. Reaching back to 1954, when Maritza's grandparents were activists, the book is a study of the complex and often cruel politics of human rights, and its themes reverberate from Guatemala to Guantánamo to Iraq. 606 $aDisappeared persons$zGuatemala 606 $aPolitical persecution$zGuatemala 606 $aHuman rights$zGuatemala 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGuatemala 607 $aGuatemala$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aDisappeared persons 615 0$aPolitical persecution 615 0$aHuman rights 676 $a972.8105/3 686 $aPOL000000$2bisacsh 700 $aSaxon$b Dan$f1958-$01652896 701 $aTroop$b William$01775637 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821189103321 996 $aTo save her life$94290307 997 $aUNINA