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A group of soldiers ride in the back of a truck to patrol areas in search of guerillas. Three soldiers are wearing berets. A soldier sitting on the right of the image is wearing a beret with a patch that reads, "INFANTRY." He is also wearing a blue bandanna around his neck. All soldiers are armed with IMI Galil rifles of Israeli origin. There is one soldier sitting on the left of the image holding an M79 grenade launcher of U.S. origin. Most soldiers forced to patrol as part of the "Patrol of Self-Defense" program in the 1980s were Mayan men. 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 grupo de soldados viaja en la parte trasera de un camión listos para patrullar en busca de guerrilleros. Tres soldados portan una boina. Un soldado sentado sobre la izquierda de la imagen porta una boina con un parche que lee "INFANTERIA". El tambien porta un pañuelo azul oscuro sobre su cuello. Todos los soldados portan fusiles IMI Galil de origen israelí. Sobre la extrema izquierda de la imagen se observa a un soldado sosteniendo un lanzagranadas M79 de origen estadounidense. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en los ochenta eran hombres mayas. 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.
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