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Two women, a guerrilla from the Farabundo Martí Liberation People's Forces (FPL) and a resident wearing an orange skirt, stand in a doorway during the combatants' occupation of La Palma, El Salvador. The guerrillas had just concluded a successful campaign in January 1983 taking Berlín and San Agustín. They occupied La Palma, a town of 12,000 people, for twenty-four hours before retreating to the hills in the middle of the night. Dos mujeres, una guerrillera de las Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL) y una residente vestida con una falda naranja, están de pie junto a una puerta durante la ocupación de los combatientes en La Palma, El Salvador. Los guerrilleros acababan de concluir una campaña exitosa en enero de 1983 al tomar Berlín y San Agustín. Ocuparon La Palma, una ciudad de 12.000 habitantes durante veinticuatro horas antes de retirarse a las colinas en medio de la noche.
Guerrillas Women guerrillas Assault rifles El Salvador--Chalatenango (Department) El Salvador--Social Conditions El Salvador--History--1979-1992 El Salvador--Politics and Government--1979-1992 Civil war
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