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A man kneels down down to pray in front of an altar inside a church in Perquín. Next to him is a young girl playing just below the altar, which contains several statues and images of Catholic religious figures. The man is the girl's grandfather, he is taking care of her while her parents fight with the guerrillas. The guerrillas occupied the town of Perquín on October 1982 but in the first couple of weeks of February 1983, Colonel Miguel Antonio Méndez and the Ramón Belloso Battalion recaptured it. The guerrillas assaulted the Batallion's command post in Perquín on February 23 forcing them to retreat from Perquín. The Ramón Belloso Battalion was formed in 1982 and trained by the United States at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. It was one of the most aggressive military units during the Civil War and was nicknamed the "Gringo Batallion." Un hombre yace arrodillado y mientras reza frente a un altar dentro de una iglesia en Perquín. A su lado se observa a una niña que juega en el suelo con una vela. El altar contiene varias estatuas e imagenes de figuras religiosas católicas. El hombre es el abuelo de la niña y él la cuida mientras sus padres luchan con los guerrilleros. Los guerrilleros ocuparon la ciudad en octubre de 1982, pero en las primeras semanas de febrero de 1983, el coronel Miguel Antonio Méndez y su Batallón Ramón Belloso la recapturaron. Los guerrilleros asaltaron el puesto de mando del batallón Belloso en Perquín el 23 de febrero obligandolos a retirarse de Perquín. El Batallón Belloso se formó en 1982 y fue entrenado por los Estados Unidos en Ft. Bragg, Carolina del Norte. Fue una de las unidades militares más agresivas durante la guerra civil y fue apodado el "batallón gringo".
Catholic Church buildings Archdiocese of San Salvador (El Salvador) Rites and ceremonies El Salvador--History--1979-1992 El Salvador--Social conditions
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