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Title
A guerrillero sits on a mule, San Agustín, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-03
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A guerrillero wearing civilian clothes sits on a mule in front of a building in San Agustín. Guerrillas occupied San Agustín after their retreat from Berlín. San Agustín was occupied by the guerrillas for a couple of weeks during the month of February in 1983 and its population dropped from 6,000 to 4,000 due to civilians abandoning their homes in fear of the occupation.
Un guerrillero vestido de civil está sentado sobre una mula frente a un edificio en San Agustín. Las guerrillas ocuparon San Agustín después de la retirada de Berlín. San Agustín fue ocupada por las guerrillas nomas un par de semanas durante el mes de febrero de 1983 y su población se redujo de 6.000 a 4.000 debido a que los civiles abandonaron sus hogares por temor a la ocupación.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B11.01.01.11
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3329
Subject
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
Buildings--War damage
El Salvador--Social conditions
Place
Usulután (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B11.01.01.11.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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