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An soldier sits on the steps of a house next to a man, a woman, and three children in Perquín. He is holding an M-16 assault rifle of U.S. origin on his lap. The town had been held by guerrillas just few days before. The guerrillas occupied the town of Perquín on October 1982 but in the first couple of weeks of February 1983, Colonel Miguel Antonio Méndez and the Ramón Belloso Battalion recaptured it. The guerrillas assaulted the Batallion's command post in Perquín on February 23 forcing them to retreat from Perquín. The Ramón Belloso Battalion was formed in 1982 and trained by the United States at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. It was one of the most aggressive military units during the Civil War and was nicknamed the "Gringo Batallion." Un soldado del ejército yace sentado sobre los escalones de una casa al lado de un hombre, una mujer y tres niños en Perquín. Él sostiene un fusil M-16 de origen estadounidense sobre su regazo. La ciudad había sido mantenida por guerrilleros unos días antes. Los guerrilleros ocuparon la ciudad en octubre de 1982, pero en las primeras semanas de febrero de 1983, el coronel Miguel Antonio Méndez y su Batallón Ramón Belloso la recapturaron. Los guerrilleros asaltaron el puesto de mando del batallón Belloso en Perquín el 23 de febrero obligandolos a retirarse de Perquín. El Batallón Belloso se formó en 1982 y fue entrenado por los Estados Unidos en Ft. Bragg, Carolina del Norte. Fue una de las unidades militares más agresivas durante la guerra civil y fue apodado el "batallón gringo".
United States--Foreign relations--El Salvador Counterinsurgency El Salvador--History--1979-1992 Firearms El Salvador. Ejército Graffiti Buildings--War damage
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