Guatemala’s bloody civil war lasted 36 years and left 200,000 civilians in it’s wake. In April 1998, human rights activist and the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Guatemala, Juan Gerardi, released a report that held the Guatemalan military responsible for 90% of the atrocities, including the slaughter of children. Days later, Bishop Gerardi was found bludgeoned to death in his home. Acclaimed Guatemalan-American novelist, Francisco Goldman, spent the next nine years immersed in the investigation, resulting in his latest book, “The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed The Bishop?,” a non-fictional investigative report. In a lecture at Baruch College, Goldman discusses the case, including the eventual convictions of three army officers and a collaborating priest, in the killing.
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