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Mayan children sit under an improvised tent made of wood and plastic in the refugee camp of La Sombra, Chiapas. One boy sits next to a camp fire set up for cooking and one girl smiles looking at the camera. Refugees in the camps had no resources to deal with illness such as tubercolosis, dengue, malaria or malnutrition. Guatemala paramilitary bands attacked the refugees camp of La Sombra (and the one of Santiago el Vértice) on January 25 and 26, 1983, killing at least four people and kidnapping one. The Guatemalan government alleged that the refugee camp was a guerrilla center but the vast majority of the refugees living in the camp were women, children or old and infirm Guatemalans. Niños mayas se sientan bajo una carpa improvisada hecha de madera y plástico en el campamento de refugiados de La Sombra, Chiapas. Un niño se sienta al lado de una fogata preparada para cocinar y una niña sonríe mirando la cámara. Los refugiados en los campamentos no tenían recursos para lidiar con enfermedades como la tubercolosis, el dengue, la malaria o la desnutrición. Las bandas paramilitares de Guatemala atacaron el campamento de refugiados de La Sombra (y el de Santiago el Vértice) en enero 25 y 26 de 1983, matando al menos a cuatro personas y secuestrando a una. El gobierno guatemalteco alegó que el campo de refugiados era un centro de guerrillas, pero la gran mayoría de los refugiados que vivían en el campo eran mujeres, niños o ancianos guatemaltecos.
Documentary photographs Chiapas (Mexico)--History Refugee families Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Social conditions Refugees Refugee children Women refugees
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