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Four Salvadoran Army soldiers patrol in San Salvador. They are each holding an M16A1 assault rifle chambered to shoot 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition. The rifle was designed, manufactured, and supplied to the Salvadoran government by the United States. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Cuatro soldados del ejército salvadoreño patrullan en San Salvador. Los cuatro portan un fusil de asalto M16A1 de calibre 5.56x45mm OTAN. El fusil fue diseñado, fabricado y suministrado al gobierno salvadoreño por los Estados Unidos. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
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