Sicarios : Latin American Assassins: Latin American Assassins

"Sicarios: Latin American Assassins" was published as the winner of the 2011 FotoEvidence Book Award, recognizing a photographer whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in the pursuit of social justice. "Sicarios: Latin American Assassins" takes the viewer into the underworld of the assassin in Guatemala, where society has been savaged by a culture of murder for hire. Vendors who don't like competitors can have them killed for less than $50. Hit men operate with impunity in a country where ninety-five percent of murders remain unsolved. Javier Arcenillas comes face to face with several young assassins, the bodies they leave in their wake, and the people who struggle with the consequences. "Sicarios" is bilingual, in Spanish and English, with 100 black and white photographs and a forward by Juan Luis Font, Director of El Periodico de Guatemala, the largest newspaper in Guatemala. It include an interview with the photographer Javier Arcenillas. "Sicarios" is 112 pages, measures 20 cm (8 in) by 30 cm (12 in) by 1.5 cm (0.6 in). The ISBN is: 978-0-9834913-1-6.