Investigating the unsolved Murder of a female law student and the pervasive violence against Guatemalan women that drives migration.
Presenting the stories of other women who have suffered at the hands of strangers, intimate partners, and the security forces, this work reveals the deeply gendered nature of power and violence in Guatemala..
Sanford offers an up-close appraisal of the inner workings of the Guatemalan criminal Justice system and how it maintains inequality, patriarchy, and impunity.
Through this father\'s determined struggle and other stories of Justice denied, Textures of Terror offers a deeper understanding of US policies in Latin America and their ripple effect on migration.
Accompanying Jorge Velásquez in a years-long search for answers after the brutal Murder of his daughter Claudina Isabel, Victoria Sanford explores what it means to seek Justice in postconflict countries where violence never ended.
Part memoir and part forensic investigation, Textures of Terror is a gripping first-person story of women, violence, and migration out of Guatemala--and how the United States is implicated.
Investigating the unsolved Murder of a female law student and the pervasive violence against Guatemalan women that drives migration
