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A group of soldiers surround a pickup truck parked on the side of the road at an army checkpoint. The soldiers are all in military uniform and wearing hats. The second soldier from the right is wearing a beret. All of the soldiers are holding IMI Galil rifles of Israelí origin and wearing an armband that reads "PM," which stands for "Military Police" (in Spanish). Surrounded by soldiers is a man wearing a cowboy hat who is giving one of the soldiers a document. There is one unidentified person inside the truck. Most soldiers forced to patrol as part of the "Patrol of Self-Defense" program in the 1980s were Mayan men. Patrols were used by the military to destroy civil organizing and to control any political networks of rural Mayans. The UN-administered Truth Commission, known as the Commission of Historical Clarification documented more tan 600 massacres committed by government forces against civilians in predominately Mayan areas between 1981 and 1983. Un grupo de soldados rodea a una camioneta parada a un lado de la carretera cerca de un retén militar. Todos los soldados portan uniforme militar y gorros. El segundo soldado desde la derecha porta una boina. Todos los soldados portan fusiles IMI Galil de origen israelí brazaletes que leen "PM" lo cual los identifica como soldados de la policia militar. Rodeado por soldados se observa a un hombre con sombrero dandole a uno de los soldados un documento. Dentro del vehículo se observa a una persona no identificada. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en la decada de los ochenta eran hombres mayas. Las patrullas fueron utilizadas por los militares para destruir la organización civil y controlar a cualquier red política de los mayas rurales. La comisión de la verdad administrada por la ONU, conocida como la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico, documentó más de 600 masacres cometidas por fuerzas gubernamentales contra civiles en áreas predominantemente mayas entre 1981 y 1983.
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