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A Mayan woman cuts wood with an axe while children stand around her in the refugee camp of Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas. One of the girls carries a baby on her back. In the days following the Guatemalan attack at the nearby refugee camp of El Chupadero on April 30, 1984, one of the most violent assaults of this kind that left seven refugees dead, refugees from the camp of Cuauhtémoc fled their settlement to avoid the same fate. Una mujer maya corta madera con un hacha mientras los niños la rodean en el campamento de refugiados de Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas. Una de las niñas carga a un bebé en su espalda. En los días posteriores al ataque guatemalteco en el campamento de refugiados cercano de El Chupadero el 30 de abril de 1984, uno de los asaltos más violentos de este tipo que dejaron a siete refugiados muertos, los refugiados del campamento de Cuauhtémoc huyeron de su asentamiento para evitar el mismo destino.
Documentary photographs Chiapas (Mexico)--History Refugee families Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Social conditions Refugees Refugee children Women refugees
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