"They don't want those bones to talk because we know they brutally tortured him, so much so that he spent the last days of his life in a full body cast," he said.
Harbury's father, Henry, said he was proud of his daughter, in a telephone interview from New Hampshire.
"[Harbury] is trying to help the people of Guatemala and has created an awareness in this country concerning events in Guatemala," he said.
Jennifer Harbury is currently practicing law part time for Texas Rural Legal Aid in Weslaco, Tex., Pertierra said.
Her book is published by Warner Books and will be sold in bookstores nationwide starting March 27, Veltri said.
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Harbury and officials of the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington could not be reached for comment yesterday