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 competition 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 Arcenillos comes face to face with several young assassins and the bodies they leave in their wake.
Sicarios: Latin American Assassins is the fruit of the first FotoEvidence Book Award. The annual Book Award will be given each year to a photographer whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in documenting social injustice and violations of human rights.
FotoEvidence is a platform for social documentary photographers whose work focuses on human rights and social justice.
Javier Arcenillas
Sicarios: Latin American Assassins
2011 FotoEvidence
Size: 8”x 12”
Language: English and Spanish
First Edition
ISBN 978-0-9834913-1-6
