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A Contra soldier sits on the ground as he conducts a call on a field radio somewhere along the Honduras-Nicaragua border. He is wearing a watch and holding an unidentified book in his left hand. Behind him there are two other Contra soldiers each holding a Belgian-made FN FAL assault rifles. In the background, there are several heads of cattle. He is a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), informally known as "Contras." Un soldado contra está sentado sobre el suelo mientras hace una llamada usando un teléfono de campo en algún lugar sobre la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Él porta un reloj y sostiene un libro no identificado en su mano izquierda. Detrás de él se observan otros dos soldados contras, cada uno sosteniendo su fusil FN FAL de origen belga. Al fondo de la imagen se observan varias cabezas de ganado.
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