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Marcia Esparza Experts Guide
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Criminal Justice
Expertise

Baleares Island of Mallorca, collective memory/silence after mass killings, genocide, Latin American military sociology, Spain, state violence

Media Appearance

State Violence & Genocide in Latin America (Criminal Justice Matters)

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Jan Benjamin
Director of Media Relations
646-750-1140



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