Authority Rules "So tonight, Don Lazaro, tonight you have to kill them," Colonel Guzman ordered Don Lazaro. Instead of asking, Don Lazaro is being told what to do throughout the entire drama in Guatemala. During the mid 1980s, terror was spread everywhere in the region of El Quiche where thousand of Indians were killed and villages were destroyed. This was a time where authority ruled and if you were a measly little Indian, you were …showed first 75 words of 630 total…

…showed last 75 words of 630 total…office in 1986" (1). A lot of things would be different if people could stand up to others. If Don Lazaro had been brave enough to try and save the catechists lives', then maybe the tragic outcome wouldn't have happened. Maybe, the catechists would have gone on to another village, and Don Lazaro's home would've been saved. Therefore, if there wasn't authority used to persuade Don Lazaro's decision to kill the boys, everything would have been fine.