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A portrait of Contra machine gunner who goes by "Coyote," one of Comandante Suicida's most skilled machine gunners, stands in a wooded area along the Honduras-Nicaragua border. He is wearing several bandoliers across his chest in the form of an "X" while holding a bag on his right hand. Attached to his belt is a canteen. He is a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), known informally as "Contras." El retrato de un contra especializado en ametralladora conocido como "Coyote", y uno de los tiradores más hábiles del Comandante Suicida, que está de pie en un área forestal cerca de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Coyote porta varias cananas sobre su pecho en forma de "X" mientras sostiene una bolsa en su mano derecha. Ligada a su cintura se observa una cantimplora. Coyote forma parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), conocida informalmente como la contra.
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