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A Contra squad poses for a photographer at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border. From left to right: platoon leader Eco, Krill (ex member of the National Guardsman Julio César Ortiz, who was trained in Argentina), Comandante Suicida (ex National Guard Sergeant Pedro Ortiz Centeno), Josué, and Delta who is crouching. They are all Belgian FN FAL assault rifles. Three of them are wearing berets, one is wearing a cap, and one a fisherman's hat. They are members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are informally known as "Contras." Un escuadrón contra posa para el fotógrafo de pie e hincado en la granja El Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. De izquierda a derecha se observan: el líder de pelotón Eco, el Comandante Krill (ex miembro de la guardia nacional Julio César Ortiz, quien fue entrenado en Argentina), Comandante Suicida (ex sargento de la guardia nacional Pedro Ortiz Centeno), el líder de pelotón Josúe, y Delta quien está hincado. Todos sostienen fusiles FN FAL de origen Belga. Tres de ellos portan boinas, uno una cachucha, y otro un gorro de pescador. Ellos forman parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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