In the time of butterflies, what is most likely the author’s intent in including the following description (paragraph 23)?

"you and trujillo," papá says a little loudly, and in this clear peaceful night they all fall silent. suddenly, the dark fills with spies who are paid to hear things and report them down at security. don enrique claims trujillo needs in running this country. don enrique’s daughter says it’s about time women took over the government. words repeated, distorted, words recreated by those who might bear them a grudge, words stitched to words until they are the winding sheet the family will be buried in when their bodies are found dumped in a ditch, their tongues cut off for speaking too much.