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A large group of men and women participate in a funeral procession. In the middle of the procession there is a group of people carrying a coffin through the streets of Guatemala. In the foreground, an armed soldier stands on the side of a street watching as they walk past him. 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. The soldier is wearing a military uniform and holding an IMI Galil rifle of Israeli origin. He has a water canteen attached to his belt. Una multitud de hombres, mujeres y niños participa en una procesión funeraria. En el medio de la imagen se observa a un grupo sosteniendo un ataúd mientras caminan por las calles de Guatemala. En primera plana se observa a un soldado armado parado sobre la banqueta observandolos. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en la decada de 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. El soldado porta un uniforme militar y un fusil IMI Galil de origen israelí. El soldado tambien porta una cantimplora adjunta a su fajo.
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