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A refugee woman and a young girl sit on the edge of a river. The woman looks up as the young girl rests her head on the woman's lap. It is apparent that the young girl has thin legs and ankles, an affect of starvation. A bundle of belongings is wrapped in a cloth next to them. By 1984, 46,000 Guatemalan refugees were in southern Mexico. Between 1981 and 1983, the Guatemalan army's counterinsurgency strategy targeted the Mayan population who were believed to be supporting the guerilla movement. The military committed hundreds of massacres and was responsible for acts of genocide against the Mayan population, according to the report of the 1994 Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission. Una mujer y una niña se sientan al borde de un río. La mujer mira hacia arriba mientras la niña descansa su cabeza en el regazo de la mujer. Es evidente que la niña tiene piernas y tobillos delgados y sufre de inanición. Sus pertenencias están envueltas en una manta junto a ellas. Para 1984, 46,000 refugiados guatemaltecos estaban en el sur de México. Entre 1981 y 1983, la estrategia de contrainsurgencia del ejército guatemalteco se dirigió a la población maya que se creía que estaba apoyando al movimiento guerrillero. El ejército cometió cientos de masacres y fue responsable por actos de genocidio contra la población maya, según el informe de la Comisión de Clarificación Histórica de Guatemala de 1994.
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