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A Mayan girl carries a jug of war on her head near the refugee camp of Ixcán, Chiapas. In May 1984, Mexican newspapers headlined that Minister of the Interior Manuel Bartlett Díaz decided to relocate the approximately 46,000 Guatemalans from Chiapas to Campeche. The first physical resettlement of refugees began in July 1984 in the lowland Lacandón jungle camps of Puerto Rico and Ixcán, and continued in that area through early August. Una niña maya carga un cántaro de agua en su cabeza cerca del campamento de refugiados de Ixcán, Chiapas. En mayo de 1984, los encabezados de los periódicos mexicanos reportaron la decisión del secretario de gobernación Manuel Bartlett Díaz de reubicar a los aproximadamente 46,000 guatemaltecos de Chiapas a Campeche. El primer reasentamiento físico de refugiados comenzó en julio de 1984 en los campamentos de tierras bajas de la Selva Lacandona de Puerto Rico e Ixcán, y continuó en esa zona hasta principios de agosto.
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