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Photojournalist Steve Clevenger holds a Nikon camera while crossing a stream of water. He has two other cameras. One is hanging from his neck and the other from his right shoulder. Over his left shoulder he is holding a blue bag. Behind him, an armed soldier walks behind him. He is holding an IMI Galil rifle of Israeli origin. 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. El fotoperiodista Steve Clevenger sostiene una cámara Nikon mientras cruza un arroyo de agua. El lleva dos cámaras. Una yace colgada de su cuello y la otra de su hombro derecho. Sobre su hombro izquierdo lleva una bolsa azul. Detrás de él camina un soldado armado. El porta un fusil IMI Galil de origen israelí. La mayoría de los soldados obligados a patrullar como parte del programa "Patrulla de Autodefensa" en 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.
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