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A refugee woman dressed in a Mayan corte (skirt) holds a small, naked malnurished and starved baby girl. The baby girl has an inflated stomach and prints of her rib cage on her small upper body, an indication of starvation. The baby girl also has thin arms and legs, and almost no hair. The woman holding the small girl looks at her as the child looks down. 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. Una mujer vestida en un corte (falda) maya carga a una bebé desnutrida. La bebé tiene el estómago inflado y marcas de los huesos de su caja torácica en la parte superior del cuerpo, signos de inanición. La bebé también tiene brazos y piernas delgados y casi no tiene pelo. La mujer que sostiene a la bebé la mira mientras la niña mira hacia abajo. 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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