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A Salvadoran Army soldier stands on the ruins of a destroyed building in Berlín. He is wearing a military uniform, has a bandana on his head and is holding a revolver in his left hand. More soldiers walk though the debris behind him. They are all armed. Guerrillas occupied the town for four days before the Salvadoran military attacked the town with rockets launched from airplanes. Bishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, bishop of San Salvador, denounced the assault a few days after and announced that the destruction left more than 300 people (mostly civilians, and few Salvadoran soldiers and rebels) dead during that week of February. Un soldado del ejército salvadoreño yace parado sobre las ruinas de un edificio destruido en Berlín. Lleva un uniforme militar, un pañuelo en la cabeza y sostiene una revólver en la mano izquierda. Detás de él se observa a más soldados caminando a través de los escombros. Todos estan armados. Los guerrilleros ocuparon la ciudad durante cuatro días antes de que el ejército salvadoreño atacara la ciudad con cohetes lanzados desde aviones. El obispo Arturo Rivera y Damas, obispo de San Salvador, denunció pocos días después el asalto y anunció que la destrucción dejó a más de 300 personas (en su mayoría civiles, y pocos soldados y rebeldes salvadoreños) muertas durante esa semana de febrero.
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