Jennifer harbury hunger strike pearl

Harvard Law School graduate Jennifer K. Harbury spoke at the University for the first time Monday about her campaign to find her missing husband, a Guatemalan guerrilla leader.

More than 60 students, Faculty and community members gathered in Hauser Hall to hear Harbury recount her 32-day hunger strike in Guatemala City in October 1994.

Harbury staged the hunger strike to pressure the Guatemalan government to reveal the fate of her husband, Efrain Bamaca "Everardo" Velasquez.

Everardo disappeared in March 1992 when the guerrilla group he was leading ran into a Guatemalan Army patrol.

When captured, Everardo was the highest-ranking member of the military wing of the United Front of Guatemalan Guerrillas (URNG), a Mayan rebel group.

In her talk, Harbury discussed the reasons underlying 35 years of civil war in Guatemala, Everardo's disappearance and her struggle to locate him.

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