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A group of refugees of mostly women and children wait outside a clinic building. Some women who are carrying small children on their backs and other children look into building through the windows. Another small group of people sit on the curb near the clinic. A dog on the right of the building walks past a group of people. By 1984, 46,000 Guatemalan refugees were in southern Mexico. Between 1981 and 1983, the Guatemalan army's counterinsurgency strategy targeted the Mayan population who were believed to be supporting the guerilla movement. The military committed hundreds of massacres and was responsible for acts of genocide against the Mayan population, according to the report of the 1994 Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission. Un grupo de refugiados que son en su mayoría mujeres y niños esperan afuera de una clínica. Algunas mujeres cargan a sus hijos en la espalda con un rebozo. Mujeres y niños miran hacia adentro de la clíinica a través de las ventanas. Otro grupo de personas se sienta en frente de la clínica. Un perro a la derecha del edificio pasa junto a un grupo de personas. Para 1984, 46,000 refugiados guatemaltecos estaban en el sur de México. Entre 1981 y 1983, la estrategia de contrainsurgencia del ejército guatemalteco se enfocó en la población maya, la cual se creía apoyaba al movimiento guerrillero. El ejército cometió cientos de masacres y fue responsable por actos de genocidio en contra de la población maya, de acuerdo con el informe de la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico de Guatemala de 1994.
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