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A group of four soldiers surround a pickup truck parked on the side of the road at an army checkpoint. The soldiers are all wearing hats and a military uniform. The soldiers are also holding IMI Galil rifles of Israelí origin. The soldiers are also wearing armbands that read "PM," which identify them as military police officers. Between the soldiers there is a man wearing a cowboy hat. The soldier directly in front of him is reading a document. Inside the truck there is an unidentified person. 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 cuatro soldados rodea a una camioneta estacionada a un lado de la carretera cerca de un retén militar. Los soldados portan gorros y uniformes militares. Los soldados también portan fusiles IMI Galil de origen israelí y brazaletes que leen "PM" lo cual los identifica como miembros de la policia militar. Entre los soldados se observa a un hombre con sombrero. El soldado directamente en frente de él lee un documento. Dentro del vehículo se observa a una persona no identificada. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en los 1980 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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