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Part Two: The Deadliest School in History

Behind the Bastards

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The Truth About Guatemalan Genocide

Ronald Reagan developed a friendship with Karl Rios Mont, who was friends with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. In 1983, he lifted the arms embargo on Guatemala flooding the country with helicopter parts that the government needed to continue its genocide during his first year in power. The Catholic Church is part of its mission to help the poor but often wound up sending its people into the same impoverished communities as Marxist gorillas. Sister Diana Ortiz escaped after she was tortured for information by an American man while being forced to stab another woman's body.

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