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A group of Contras move along a country road near the Honduras-Nicaragua border. They are carrying an assortment of FN FAL assault rifles and Kalashnikov-type weapons. One Contra is wearing a black beret while the rest are wearing olive green colored caps. They are all members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are informally known as "Contras." Un grupo de contras se mueve por un camino cerca de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Ellos portan un surtido de fusiles FN FAL y armas estilo Kalashnikov. Un contra porta una boina negra mientras los demás portan cachuchas color verde olivo. Todos ellos forman parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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