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- Title
- Wounded Soldier In Santa Cruz Del Quiché Following Battle With EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A wounded Guatemalan army soldier waits for transport after being brought for medical aid to the military hospital in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, attacked the military's highland base in San Juan Cotzal the day before, leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. In retaliation, the Guatemalan army killed 67 civilians in San Juan Cotzal in the following week.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0021_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96870
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- View Of Highlands Village In Huehuetenango
- Date
- 1982-10-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A view of a village in the highlands where Guatemalan army soldiers have had armed encounters with members of the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, in rural Huehuetenango, Guatemala, October 1, 1982. In the 36-year domestic armed conflict lasting from 1960 to 1996, an estimated 200,000 people were killed, up to 45,000 civilians were forcibly disappeared, and between 500,000 and 1.5 million people were internally displaced or fled the country. 83 percent of the victims were indigenous Maya people.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Daily life; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0100_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96825
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal Military Garrison After Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Armed Forces soldiers form patrols to search for armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, following a battle in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0038_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96763
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal Military Garrison After Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Armed Forces soldiers move out in search of armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, who attacked the army base one day earlier in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. In retaliation, the Guatemalan army killed 67 civilians in San Juan Cotzal in the following week.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Human rights violations; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0014_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96863
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal Military Garrison After Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Armed Forces soldiers listen to orders before moving out in search of armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, who attacked the army base one day earlier in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. In retaliation, the Guatemalan army killed 67 civilians in San Juan Cotzal in the following week.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Human rights violations; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0015_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96864
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal Military Garrison After Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Armed Forces soldiers rest before moving out in search of armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, who attacked the army base one day earlier in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. In retaliation, the Guatemalan army killed 67 civilians in San Juan Cotzal in the following week.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Human rights violations; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0017_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96866
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal Military Garrison After Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Guatemalan Armed Forces soldiers form patrols to search for armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, following a battle in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0044_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96769
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A dirt road winds through the highlands of San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. The town was in turmoil after a battle between guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, and the Guatemalan Armed Forces. The EGP maintained a base of operations in the Ixil region during the armed conflict, and retaliation from the Guatemalan military with an aggressive scorched-earth policy saw the destruction of villages and crops along with the mass murder and disappearance of Ixil Maya civilians.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0037_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96762
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two young Maya Ixil women respond to questions from visiting media correspondents following an attack the night before by armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, on the Guatemalan Army's regional garrison in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. The indigenous locals expected the army soldiers to retaliate by killing the town's residents for collaborating with insurgents.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0040_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96765
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two young Maya Ixil women retrieve water following an attack by armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, on the Guatemalan Army's regional garrison in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. The indigenous locals expected the army soldiers to retaliate by killing the town's residents for collaborating with insurgents.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Daily life; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0041_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96766
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two young Maya Ixil women retrieve water following an attack by armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, on the Guatemalan Army's regional garrison in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. The indigenous locals expected the army soldiers to retaliate by killing the town's residents for collaborating with insurgents.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Daily life; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0024_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96873
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- San Juan Cotzal After An Attack By EGP Guerrillas
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two young Maya Ixil women respond to questions from visiting media correspondents following an attack the night before by armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, on the Guatemalan Army's regional garrison in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. The indigenous locals expected the army soldiers to retaliate by killing the town's residents for collaborating with insurgents.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Daily life; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0025_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96874
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Salvadoran Army Soldiers Appear After An ERP Guerrilla Attrack In Eastern El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran army soldiers walk past a burned dead body as they enter a government compound that had recently been attacked by leftist guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, on the outskirts of San Miguel, eastern El Salvador, May 1, 1983. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0096_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96563
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Salvadoran Army Soldier Captured By FPL Guerrillas
- Date
- 1983-01-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A captured Salvadoran army soldier sits during an interrogation session by members of the leftist guerrilla group Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, in Santa Ana, El Salvador, January 1, 1983. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Communism; Arms trade; Cold War; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0277_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96405
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- The Salvadoran Army In Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel Department
- Date
- 1983-12-16
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Light comes through the wall of an abandoned house in Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel department, El Salvador, December 16, 1983. The Salvadoran military made fitful attempts to dislodge the guerrilla group Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, that controlled the region in the northeast of the country. ERP merged with four other leftist organizations in 1980 to form the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The group drew its name from Salvadoran communist leader and revolutionary Agustín Farabundo Martí, who led a peasant revolt in 1932 that had lasting consequences for the indigenous and campesino communities.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Military; Counterinsurgency; Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0129_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96257
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- The Road Inside FARC Territory
- Date
- 2000-08-25
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Revolutionary slogans supporting the FARC rebels line a road in the Cagyuan River Valley 30km from FARC headquarters and seat of government in Los Pozos, Colombia, August 25, 2000.
- Subject
- Colombia; Colombian Conflict; War on Drugs; Plan Colombia; Coca; Cultivation; Production; United States Involvement; United States Foreign Policy; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Military; Agriculture; Export; Labor; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC); Marxism-Leninism; Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); Drug Trafficking; Insurgency; Counter-narcotics; Government; Andrés Pastrana; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations
- Country
- Colombia
- Local Identifier
- colombia_ct_0021_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 2000 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Residents of San Juan Cotzal After EGP Guerrilla Attack
- Date
- 1982-01-20
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local Maya Ixil residents are pictured after an attack by armed guerrillas from the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, on the Guatemalan Army's regional garrison in San Juan Cotzal, Guatemala, January 20, 1982. Over 100 EGP guerrillas attacked the military's highland base leaving 12 soldiers dead in the official count. According to local civilians and unofficial reports, 34 army soldiers were killed. The indigenous locals expected the army soldiers to retaliate by killing the town's residents for collaborating with insurgents.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Indigenous peoples; Maya peoples; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Daily life; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0045_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96770
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Residents Of Corinto
- Date
- 1983-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- In territory held by guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, a villager sits in the central square in Corinto, Morazán department, El Salvador, February 1, 1983. Salvadoran guerrilla organizations formed in the early 1970s and experienced broad support, particularly among the rural sectors of the population, as a consequence of increased state repression and exclusion from political participation.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Daily life; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0058_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96525
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Residents Of Corinto
- Date
- 1983-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- In territory held by guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, villagers congregate in front of posters in support of the guerrilla insurgency in the central square of Corinto, Morazán department, El Salvador, February 1, 1983. The ERP merged with four other leftist organizations in 1980 to form the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The group drew its name from Salvadoran communist revolutionary Agustín Farabundo Martí who led the 1932 peasant revolt known as La Matanza.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Daily life; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0059_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96526
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Residents Of Corinto
- Date
- 1983-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- In territory held by guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, members of a local militia stand with their rifles amongst civilians in Corinto, Morazán department, El Salvador, February 1, 1983. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Daily life; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0060_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96527
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg