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A young girl holds a candle in her hands inside a church in Perquín. She is sitting next to a religious shrine with an image of the Virgin Mary. The guerrillas occupied the town of Perquín on October 1982 but in the first couple of weeks of February 1983, Colonel Miguel Antonio Mendez and the Belloso Battalion recaptured it. The guerrillas assaulted the Belloso Batallion command post in Perquín on February 23 forcing Mendez and the battalion to retreat from Perquín. The Ramón Belloso Battalion formed in 1982 with the assistance of the United States. It was one of the most aggressive military units during the Civil War, with its men trained at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and was nicknamed the "Gringo Battalion." Una niña syace sentada sobre un santuario religioso osteniendo una vela en sus manos dentro de una iglesia en Perquín. Junto a ella se observa una imagen de la Virgen María. Los guerrilleros habían ocupado la ciudad en octubre de 1982, pero en las primeras semanas de febrero de 1983, el coronel Miguel Antonio Méndez y su batallón de Belloso la recapturaron. Los guerrilleros asaltaron el puesto de mando del batallón Belloso en Perquín el 23 de febrero obligando a Méndez y al batallón a retirarse de Perquín. El Batallón Ramón Belloso se formó en 1982 con la asistencia de de los Estados Unidos. Fue una de las unidades militares más agresivas durante la Guerra Civil. Sus hombres fueron entrenados en Ft. Bragg, Carolina del Norte, y fue apodado el "batallón gringo".
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Catholic Church buildings Archdiocese of San Salvador (El Salvador) Rites and ceremonies El Salvador--History--1979-1992 El Salvador--Social conditions
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