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A refugee woman in a dress and apron stands on dirt path adjacent to two wooden huts on the left. An older refugee man walks up the dirt path behind her in a cowboy hat, long sleeves and pants. Logs and sticks are piled on the edge of the path. Smoke comes out of a hut in the background of the man and woman on the path. By 1984, 46,000 Guatemalan refugees were in southern Mexico. Between 1981 and 1983, the Guatemalan army's counterinsurgency strategy targeted the Mayan population who were believed to be supporting the guerilla movement. The military committed hundreds of massacres and was responsible for acts of genocide against the Mayan population, according to the report of the 1994 Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission. Una mujer refugiada con un vestido y un delantal se encuentra en un camino de tierra adyacente a dos chozas de madera a la izquierda. Un hombre refugiado mayor camina por el camino de tierra detrás de ella con un sombrero de vaquero, mangas largas y pantalones. Troncos y palos se apilan en el borde del camino. El humo sale de una choza detrás del hombre y la mujer en el camino. Para 1984, 46,000 refugiados guatemaltecos estaban en el sur de México. Entre 1981 y 1983, la estrategia de contrainsurgencia del ejército guatemalteco se dirigió a la población maya que se creía que estaba apoyando al movimiento guerrillero. El ejército cometió cientos de masacres y fue responsable por actos de genocidio contra la población maya, según el informe de la Comisión de Clarificación Histórica de Guatemala de 1994.
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