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An army soldier boards two girls into a helicopter in the department of Caban?as, a major guerrilla stronghold in El Salvador. The girls were found in an area occupied earlier by guerrillas, near San Isidro, 60 miles east from the capital. The girls are sitting inside the helicopter, ready to be flown back to capital and have not eaten anything in two days. The man sitting inside the helicopter is wearing large sunglasses. His uniform has a patch that reads "Mojica" which is his last name and another one on his right arm that reads "FAS," which identifies him as a pilot of the Salvadoran Air Force. An estimated 8,000 people disappeared during El Salvador’s 1980-1992 Civil War, including thousands of children. Many of them were separated from their parents and entrusted to corrupt adoption agencies that placed children in homes in other countries. Un soldado del ejército sube a dos niñas sobre un helicóptero en el departamento de Cabañas, una importante fortaleza guerrillera en El Salvador. Las niñas fueron encontradas en un área ocupada anteriormente por guerrilleros, cerca de San Isidro, a 60 millas al este de la capital. Las niñas están sentadas dentro del helicóptero, listas para volar de regreso a la capital y no han comido nada en dos días. El hombre sentado dentro del helicóptero lleva un parche sobre su uniforme que lee "Mojica", el cual es su apellido. También lleva un parche sobre su brazo derecho que lee "FAS" lo cual lo identifica como piloto de la fuerza aérea salvadoreña. Se calcula que unas 8,000 personas desaparecieron durante la Guerra Civil de 1980-1992 en El Salvador, incluyendo miles de niños. Muchos de ellos fueron separados de sus padres y confiados a agencias de adopción corruptas que colocaban a niños en hogares de otros países.
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