Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1980s, Harbury ya yi tafiya zuwa Guatemala, inda ta zama mafi shiga cikin taimaka wa 'yan asalin Mayans. A cikin 1990, ta sadu da Efraín Bámaca Velásquez a Guatemala, kuma ta aure shi a 1991. Wani ɗan asalin Maya, Bámaca ya kasance kwamandan ƙungiyar Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) a lokacin yakin basasar Guatemala
, wanda aka sani da "sunan yaƙi" na Commandante Everardo. Wannan ya kasance shekaru da yawa na gwamnati da sojoji da kisan kare dangi, galibi akan 'yan asalin Guatemala.