Escaping the Fire : How an Ixil Mayan Pastor Led His People Out of a Holocaust During the Guatemalan Civil War
ISBN: 9780292792999
Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / University of Texas Press
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Subjects: Guerrillas : Guatemala : History : 20th century.;

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Tomás Guzaro played a central role in aiding the Ixil refugees during the Guatemalan civil war and since 1987 has been the administrator of a private hospital in Nebaj, where he served as vice mayor from 2000 to 2004. He currently oversees ninety-six churches within the Church of God.

After moving to Nebaj in 1993, Terri Mccomb and her husband got to know Tomás Guzaro while working with agricultural development programs. They still live in Ixil country, where Terri divides her time between schooling her four children and writing.

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