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A group of Contra soldiers stand in line along a country road near the Honduras-Nicaragua border. The Contras are carrying an assorted variety of weapons including FN FAL assault rifles and Kalashnikov-type rifles. The Contra on the left of the image has his FN FAL assault rifle raised in the air and smiles. He is wearing an olive green cap and a bandolier across his chest. They are all members of the NIcaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are informally known as "Contras." Un grupo de soldados contra caminan en file en un camino cerca de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Los contras sostienen una variedad de armas, incluyendo el fusil FN FAL y armas estilo Kalashnikov. El contra a la izquierda de la imagen alza su fusil FN FAL al aire y sonríe. Él porta una cachucha color verde olivo y una canana sobre su pecho. Todos ellos son miembros de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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