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Flaquer’s death was completely intentional, and even today, almost 25 years after the fact, justice has still not been served to those who killed her—Irma Flaquer’s body has never been recovered...
...Irma Flaquer that Erlick creates is a human being who fights her own battles within the greater context of the fight for Guatemalan freedom...
During a recent phone interview, Erlick explained that the reason she decided to write about Flaquer was surprisingly simple—“I was assigned by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) to research the disappearances of Irma and Jorge Carpio, as part of the Unpunished Crimes Against Journalist program. I never could completely solve her case. However, I became so fascinated by her life story that I decided to write this book...
...many ways, Flaquer’s was mirrored in Erlick’s own quest for the truth of what exactly happened. “I had been told there was a former member of Congress who knew what had happened to Irma,” she said, “but by the time I got down there [to Guatemala] he had gone into a diabetic coma and never came out. I now seriously doubt, however, if he really knew the truth...
...It’s important to tell people’s stories,” Erlick said. “And especially with someone like Irma Flaquer, who was from a country where human rights violations were not being widely publicized. As a journalistic figure, she is not that well known outside of certain circles, and was part of a smaller intelligentsia than in somewhere like Argentina or Brazil...