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Title
Guerrilla in occupied town, 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
A guerrilla man from the Farabundo Martí Liberation People's Forces (FPL) on guard in the town of La Palma, El Salvador. The fighter holds an assault rifle in his hands. Guerrillas occupied La Palma, a town of 12,000 people, for twenty-four hours and then retreated to the hills in the middle of the night.
Un guerrillero de las Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL) en guardia en la ciudad de La Palma, El Salvador. El guerrillero tiene un rifle de asalto en sus manos. Los guerrilleros ocuparon esta ciudad de 12,000 habitantes durante veinticuatro horas y luego se retiraron a las colinas en medio de la noche.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.02.14.01
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3054
Subject
Guerrillas
Assault rifles
El Salvador--Chalatenango (Department)
El Salvador--Social Conditions
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
El Salvador--Politics and Government--1979-1992
Civil war
Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí
Place
Chalatenango (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.02.14.01.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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