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A group of Mayan men are learning how to handle shotguns as part of a civil defense training exercise organized by the Guatemalan military. The men are all wearing hats. There are three soldiers standing in the background. The civilian population was under control by heavy army presence, which included a nationwide network of civil defense patrols, military commissioners and informers. Guatemala's military identified Chajul as one of three towns that formed the "Ixil Triangle," in the northern Quiché region, and inhabited by Ixil Mayan people. The army occupied this region in late 1970s as guerrilla support grew there. Chajul suffered major massacres in 1978 and 1982. Un grupo de hombres mayas aprenden a usar escopetas como parte de un entrenamiento de defensa civil organizado por el ejército guatemalteco. Todos los hombres portan sombreros. Al fondo de la imagen se observan a tres soldados parados. La población civil estaba bajo control por la fuerte presencia del ejército, que incluía una red nacional de patrullas de defensa civil, comisionados militares e informantes. El ejército de Guatemala identificó a Chajul como uno de los tres pueblos que formaban el "Triángulo de Ixil", en la región norte de El Quiché, y habitados por el pueblo maya ixil. El ejército ocupó esta región a fines de la década de 1970 cuando el apoyo de la guerrilla creció allí. Chajul sufrió masacres importantes en 1978 y 1982.
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