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Title
Guerrillas resting, La Palma, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-02
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
Four guerrillas in uniform from the Farabundo Martí Liberation People's Forces (FPL) resting while guarding La Palma, El Salvador. The FPL was one of the most combative faction of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a guerrilla coalition that comprised five different factions. One guerrilla is sitting down, and three standing up smiling and talking. All of them hold machine guns in their hands and have bandoliers.
Cuatro guerrilleros uniformados de las Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL) descansando mientras custodiaban La Palma, El Salvador. El FPL fue una de las facciones más combativas del Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), una coalición de guerrillas que comprendía a cinco facciones diferentes. Un guerrillero está sentado y tres de pie sonriendo y hablando. Todos tienen una ametralladora en sus manos y cananas.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.04.25.16
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3018
Subject
El Salvador--Chalatenango (Department)
Guerrillas
Civil war
Assault rifles
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
El Salvador--Politics and Government--1979-1992
El Salvador--Social Conditions
Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí
Place
Chalatenango (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.04.25.16.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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