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In June 1983, "Coyote," a Contra machine gunner and one of Comandante Suicida's best machine gunners, stands in a remote location along the Honduras-Nicaragua border. He is wearing several bandoliers across his chest in an "X" form and carrying a bag on his raised right hand. Attached to his belt there is a canteen. He is a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), known informally as "Contras." En junio de 1983, "Coyote", un soldadlo especializado en ametralladora afiliado a los contras y uno de los más hábiles tiradores del Comandante Suicida, está de pie en un área remota de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Sobre su pecho, porta varias cananas en forma de equis y sostiene una bolsa en su mano derecha, la cual tiene alzada al aire. Adjunta a su fajo se observa una cantimplora. Coyote es miembro de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), conocida informalmente como la contra.
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