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A hogtied man lies in the cargo bed of a blue pickup truck near Chichicastenango, Department of El Quiché. The soldiers suspected that the man was a guerrilla. In the background, a soldier is seen running next to the truck. He is wearing a helmet and armed. 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 hombre amarrado de pies y manos yace en la caja de carga de una camioneta pickup azul cerca de Chichicastenango, departamento de El Quiché. Los soldados sospechaban que el hombre era un guerrillero. Al fondo de la imagen, se observa a un soldado corriendo sobre el costado de la carretera. El soldado porta casco y arma. 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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