Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan barin makaranta, Menchú ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar kare hakkin bil'adama da sojojin Guatemala suka yi a lokacin yakin basasa na kasar
, wanda ya kasance daga 1960 zuwa 1996. Yawancin keta hakkin bil'adama da suka faru a lokacin yakin sun shafi 'yan asalin ƙasar. Mata sun kasance makasudin tashin hankali na jiki da na jima'i a hannun sojoji.