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A Contra soldier walks along a road holding a U.S.-made M60 light machine gun and wearing several bandoliers across his chest in the form of an "X." In the background, a group of Contras walk behind him, one of which is holding an FN FAL of Belgian origin. They are walking along the Honduras-Nicaragua border. The Contra wearing the bandoliers was known as "Coyote" and was one of Comandante Suicida's best machine gunners. They are both part of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are known informally as "Contras." Un soldado contra camina sobre una carretera sosteniendo una ametralladora ligera M60 de origen estadounidense y portando varias cananas sobre su pecho en forma de equis. Al fondo de la imagen se observan varios otros contras caminando detrás de él, uno de ellos sostiene un fusil FN FAL de origen belga. Ellos caminan sobre la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. El contra que porta las cananas era conocido como "Coyote" y fue uno de los mejores tiradores de metralleta del Comandante Suicida. Los dos forman parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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