Country: Guatemala

The daring story of journalist Elías Barahona, “El topo”, who in the 1970s infiltrated General Romeo García’s dictatorship posing as a press officer for the Ministry of the Interior. As such, he was able to retrieve and release information about human rights abuses even as his closest friends were convinced that he was a traitor.

La osada historia del periodista Elías Barahona, “El topo”, quien en los años setenta se infiltró en la dictadura del general Romeo García haciéndose pasar por oficial de prensa del Ministerio del Interior. Como tal, pudo recuperar y divulgar información sobre abusos de derechos humanos, incluso cuando sus amigos más cercanos estaban convencidos de que era un traidor.

Part of the Cine Casual Film Series