Getting Away With Murder

Peter Canby

September 13, 2007 | This article appeared in the October 1, 2007 edition of The Nation.

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The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala's descent into chaos

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Peter Canby

Peter Canby is a senior editor at The New Yorker and the author of The Heart of the Sky: Travels Among the Maya (...

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