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Title
Soldier standing over a hogtied man, Guatemala, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A hogtied man lies in the cargo bed of a blue Toyota pickup truck near Chichicastenango, Department of El Quiché. The soldiers suspected that the man was a guerrilla. Two soldiers are sitting in the back of the truck with the suspected guerilla and one soldier stands outside the truck with the door open. One of the soldiers is standing above him. The soldiers are holding IMI Galil rifles of Israeli origin. 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 hombre amarrado de pies y manos yace en la caja de carga de una camioneta pickup azul de marca Toyota cerca de Chichicastenango, departamento de El Quiché. Los soldados sospechaban que el hombre era un guerrillero. Dos soldados viajan en la parte trasera de la camioneta con el presunto guerrillero y un soldado está de pie afuera de la camioneta con la puerta abierta. Uno de los soldados yace parado sobre él. Los soldados portan fusiles IMI Galil de origen israelí. 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.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.05.24.15
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2661
Subject
Documentary photographs
Combat patrols
Guatemala. Ejército
Firearms
Guatemala--History--Civil War, 1960-1996
Chichicastenango (Guatemala)
Hostages
Pickup trucks
Soldiers
Toyota automobiles
Toyota trucks
Counterinsurgency
Place
Chichicastenango (Guatemala)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.05.24.15.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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