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Three armed Salvadoran Army soldiers walk down a street in San Salvador while on patrol during election day. They each hold an M16A1 assault rifle, which shoots 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition. The weapon was designed, manufactured and supplied to the Salvadoran government by the United States. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Tres soldados armados del ejército salvadoreño camina sobre una calle en San Salvador mientras patrullan durante el día de la elección. Los tres cargan un fusil M16A1 de calibre 5.56x45 OTAN. El fusil fue diseñado, fabricado y suministrado al gobierno salvadoreño por los Estados Unidos. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
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