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Three members of the guerrilla, two men and a woman, dressed in brown and green uniforms are sitting on a bench in San Agustín. Two of them, a man and a woman, are eating. On the wall behind them there is graffiti whose whole message reads "Stop oppressing unions." On the left side of the image there are two M16 assault rifles of U.S. origin resting against the wall and bench. Guerrillas occupied San Agustín after retreating from Berlín for a couple of weeks during the month of February in 1983. During this time, its population dropped from 6,000 to 4,000 as civilians abandoned their homes due to fear of the occupation. Tres guerrilleros vestidos con uniformes marrones y verdes descansan sentados en un banco en San Agustín. Dos de ellos, un hombre y una mujer, están comiendo. En la pared detrás de ellos hay un graffiti y su mensaje completo lee "Alto a la opresión contra los sindicatos". Sobre la extrema izquierda de la imagen se observan dos fusiles M16 de origen estadounidense recostados sobre la pared y banca. Las guerrillas ocuparon San Agustín después de la retirada de Berlín durante un par de semanas en el mes de febrero de 1983. En este tiempo, su población se disminuyó de 6,000 a 4,000 debido a que los civiles abandonaron sus hogares por temor a la ocupación.
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