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A group of armed soldiers stand on a dirt road surrounded by grasslands in March 1982. 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. All of the soldiers are wearing military uniform and holding IMI Galil rifles of Israeli origin. The soldier in the foreground is looking directly at the camera. He has a granade attached to his backpack and a water canteen to his belt. Un grupo de soldados armados se para en un camino rural rodeado de praderas en marzo de 1982. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en la decada de 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. Todos los soldados portan fusiles IMI Galil de origen israelí. El soldado en primera plana mira directamente hacia la camara. El porta una granada en su mochila y una cantimplora en su fajo.
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