Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I ngā tau 1980, i haere a Harbury ki Guatemala, i reira i whai wāhi atu ai ia ki te āwhina i ngā Maya taketake. I te tau 1990, i tutaki ia ki a Efraín Bámaca Velásquez i Guatemala, a i marena ia ia i te tau 1991. He Maya taketake, ko Bámaca te rangatira o te Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) i te pakanga a Guatemala
, e mōhiotia ana e tōna "nom de guerre" o Commandante Everardo. He tekau tau te roa o te kāwanatanga me te whakaekenga hōia me te kohurutanga, i te nuinga o nga iwi taketake o Guatemala.