Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - La Rue akaberekerwa muGuatemala. Akazvarwa ari bofu zviri pamutemo, zvisinei akanyoresa uye akapedza kudzidza paUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala aine dhigirii remutemo. La Rue akashanda semupi wezano wezvemitemo weCentral General de Trabajadores de Guatemala, mubatanidzwa mukuru wevashandi munyika, kubva muna 1975 kusvika muna 1980, panguva iyo yaaive nemukana wekudzivirira vashandi vazhinji vemubatanidzwa wevashandi uye vafundisi pakati pehondo yevagari venyika iri kuwedzera
. Somuuyo iye akacherekedzwa nokuda kworufu, uye muna 1981 iye nemhuri yake vakatsvaka utiziro muUnited States. Akashanda kusvika 1989 segweta uye muongorori wezvematongerwo enyika kune vakawanda veGuatemalan vezvematongerwo enyika, kusanganisira Rigoberta Menchú (1992 Nobel Peace Prize laureate), uye muna 1990 akabatana neCentre for Legal Action for Human Rights (CALDH). LaRue akawana dhigirii rokupedza kudzidza mune zvematongerwe enyika eU.S. kubva kuJohns Hopkins University muna 1985.