Cika wannan jumla: A shekarun 1980, Harbury ta yi tafiya zuwa Guatemala, inda ta zama mai shiga cikin taimaka wa 'yan asalin Maya. 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 Guatemala National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) a lokacin
Yaƙin basasa na 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.