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A Salvadoran Army soldier sits while he keeps vigil on an empty street in Usulután, El Salvador. He holds an M1 Garand rifle, a weapon designed, manufactured and provided to the Salvadoran government by the United States. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Un soldado del ejército salvadoreño yace sentado guardando vigilia sobre una calle vacía en Usulután. Él sostiene un fusil M1 Garand, diseñado, fabricado y suministrado al gobierno salvadoreño por los Estados Unidos. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
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