 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma1980 kwaive nekushanduka-shanduka kwakawanda kwaitungamirirwa neUnidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca URNG, hurumende yeGuatemala yakapindura nekuita zvechiuto - izvo zvaisanganisira kuparadza rudziwevanhuwo zvavo 150 000 mukati ma1981 kusvika ku1983. Pakupedzisira, izvi zvakakonzera kuti vanhu vakawanda vokuGuatemala nevekuMaya vatame vachienda kuMexico neUnited States. Kutama kukuru kubva kuGuatemala kwakaitika mukati mema1980; semhedzisiro, ichichinja hukama neUnited States. Munguva iyi Guatemala yakanga ichitambura nehurombo hwakanyanya pamwe chete nekusagadzikana munzanga uye mune zvematongerwo enyika. Vanhu vokuGuatemala vakatsvaka utiziro muma1980 nemhaka yehondo yevagari vemo uye kuparadzwa kwezvoupfumi. Zvisinei, panguva iyoyo, havana kupiwa utiziro. Pasinei naizvozvo, vanhukadzi vanotsvaka hupoteri vakakwanisa kuwana hupoteri kubvira ipapo. Kuuraya vakadzi kwazova kwakapararira zvikuru muGuatemala. Nenzira iyi, matare mazhinji eUnited States ave achibvumira kupotera nemhaka yokuwedzera kwokuuraya vakadzi muGuatemala. 