Myrna Mack
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About
Anthropologist and civil rights activist who fought for the rights of the indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala. She became a martyr for her cause after she was murdered. Her killer was notably tried before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica.
Before fame
She studied Anthropology at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Trivia
She was murdered by a military death squad because of her criticism of the Guatemalan government.
Family life
Her mother was Chinese and her father was Mayan.
Associated with
She was a Guatemalan human rights activist like Rigoberto Menchu.
