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Salvadoran Army soldiers and civilians (men, women and children) gather in Berlín. The soldiers are wearing a camouflage uniform and are resting on the ground laying on their backpacks while the civilians are standing around them. Some of the soldiers are wearing helmets, others are wearing hats, and some are wearing none. Three soldiers are seen holding M16 assault rifles of U.S. origin. 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. Soldados del ejército salvadoreño y civiles (hombres, mujeres y niños) se reúnen en Berlín. Los soldados llevan un uniforme de camuflaje y descansan en el suelo sobre sus mochilas, mientras que los civiles están parados a su alrededor. Unos de los soldados llevan casco mientras que otros llevan gorros. Otros llevan nada. Tres soldados se observan sosteniendo fusiles M16 de origen estadounidense. 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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