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A photographer takes a photo of a soldier standing in a jeep. He is holding on to an M1919 Browning machine gun of U.S. origin, which is mounted to the jeep. The photographer is wearing a gray jacket and blue denim pants. He also has a second camera hanging from his left shoulder and a large blue bag hanging from his right shoulder. To the extreme right of the image in the background there is a soldier standing. He is wearing a helmet. Most soldiers forced to patrol as part of the "Patrol of Self-Defense" program in the 1980s were Mayan men. Patrols were used by the military to destroy civil organizing and to control any political networks of rural Mayans. The UN-administered Truth Commission, known as the Commission of Historical Clarification documented more tan 600 massacres committed by government forces against civilians in predominately Mayan areas between 1981 and 1983. Un fotógrafo toma una foto de un soldado parado en un jeep. El soldado se sostiene de una ametralladora M1919 Browning de origen estadounidense, la cual se encuentra montada en el jeep. El fotógrafo lleva puesto un saco gris y un pantalon de mezclilla azul. El también porta una cámara colgando de su hombro izquierdo y una bolsa azul de su hombro derecho. A la extrema derecha de la imagen se observa a un soldado parado. El lleva puesto un casco. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en los ochenta eran hombres mayas. Las patrullas fueron utilizadas por los militares para destruir la organización civil y controlar a cualquier red política de los mayas rurales. La comisión de la verdad administrada por la ONU, conocida como la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico, documentó más de 600 masacres cometidas por fuerzas gubernamentales contra civiles en áreas predominantemente mayas entre 1981 y 1983.
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