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- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Salvadoran army soldier stands over a dead guerrilla from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberacion, FPL, killed in a battle in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. The Salvadoran army lost 57 soldiers in the battle while FPL guerrillas lost 16 when they attacked two army positions 20 miles from San Salvador, the nation's capital. The twelve-year armed conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0299_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96427
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran army soldiers gather body bags of 57 dead soldiers killed by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. FPL guerrillas lost 16 fighters when they attacked two army positions 20 miles from San Salvador, the nation's capital. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0301_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96429
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran army soldiers gather body bags of 57 dead soldiers killed by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. FPL guerrillas lost 16 fighters when they attacked two army positions 20 miles from San Salvador, the nation's capital. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0302_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96430
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran army soldiers gather the body bags of 57 dead soldiers killed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. Guerrillas attacked two army positions in Tejutepeque, 20 miles from San Salvador, and reported 16 of their own killed in the ambush. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war that claimed over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0054_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96182
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran army soldiers gather the body bags of 57 dead soldiers killed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. Guerrillas attacked two army positions in Tejutepeque, 20 miles from San Salvador, and reported 16 of their own killed in the ambush. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war that claimed over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0055_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96183
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran army soldiers gather the body bags of 57 dead soldiers killed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. Guerrillas attacked two army positions in Tejutepeque, 20 miles from San Salvador, and reported 16 of their own killed in the ambush. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war that claimed over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0056_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96184
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- 57 Army Soliders Killed In Tejutepeque, El Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-26
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Photographers record the aftermath of a battle while Salvadoran army soldiers gather body bags of 57 dead soldiers killed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tejutepeque, El Salvador, March 26, 1984. Guerrillas attacked two army positions in Tejutepeque, 20 miles from San Salvador, and reported 16 of their own killed in the ambush.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Media; Foreign correspondents
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roland Neveu; James Nachtwey
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0242_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96709
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Abandoned Cinquera Town In Cabañas Department
- Date
- 1984-09-08
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A deserted building lies in disrepair in Cinquera, Cabañas department, El Salvador, September 8, 1984. At the time the town was continuously changing hands between Salvadoran government soldiers and guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, in a bitter war of attrition that marked the twelve-year conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0119_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96247
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1984 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- ABC Television Crew Films ERP Guerrillas In El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A television crew from ABC films a young fighter from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, as guerrillas stop commercial traffic along the Pan American Highway in Usulatán department, El Salvador, May 1, 1983. Guerrilla tactics for disrupting the transportation of commercial goods were employed in protest of economic inequality and to show defiance to the authoritarian state regime.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Economy; Development; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- United States
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Timothy Ross
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0102_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96230
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Armed FPL Officials Take Questions From Western News Organizations In La Palma, El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-02-06
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Journalists from western news organizations listen to leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, as they respond to questions during a press conference in La Palma, El Salvador, February 6, 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; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Communism; Arms trade; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Mike Boetcher; Christopher Dickey; Tim Loughran; Willie Germand
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0013_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96141
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Assassination In Downtown Guatemala City
- Date
- 1982-01-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police and fire department workers attend to a dead paramilitary bank guard who was shot and killed in downtown Guatemala City, Guatemala on January 1, 1982. The guard was shot by an unknown assailant and it was presumed to be an assassination. The revolutionary movement reached its height between 1980 and 1981 just as the indiscriminate violence of the military's counterinsurgency operations was set to escalate. But by early 1982 the urban insurgency in Guatemala City would be almost completely eradicated by government security forces and paramilitary units after taking serious losses to its infrastructure through the state's dismantling of unions and other popular movements.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Cold War
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_nb_0061_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96786
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Atlacatl Battalion With FMLN Propaganda Flyer
- Date
- 1983-08-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Salvadoran army soldier with the counterinsurgency unit the Atlacatl Battalion holds a flyer from FMLN guerrillas calling for an end to state-sponsored violence in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23, 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; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Cold War; Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0134_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96601
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Bodies Of Civil Defensemen Killed By FMLN Arrive In Guadalupe, El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-05-09
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local residents mourn as a truck carrying caskets of dead relatives arrives in Guadalupe, San Vicente department, El Salvador, May 9, 1983. The dead were members of a local civil defense force killed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. Civil defense units in El Salvador were under military command and operated particularly in rural areas where guerrilla support was high.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0103_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96231
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured FPL Guerrilla Presented To Media
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL was comprised primarily of union workers, university students, and social Christian groups and was one of five organizations within the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0151_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96618
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured FPL Guerrilla Presented To Media
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL was comprised primarily of union workers, university students, and social Christian groups and was one of five organizations within the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0153_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96620
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- View of a cache of weapons and propaganda materials recently seized by the military from a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The EGP emerged in 1967 from dissident factions of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, Rebel Armed Forces, FAR, Catholic followers of liberation theology, and students affiliated with the Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo, JPT, a youth wing of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, Guatemalan Labor Party, PGT. The EGP established themselves in the highlands where civilian support for their cause was high. Among their demands were land reform, access to healthcare, and a respect for human rights, particularly for the Maya population of the country.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0029_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96878
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- View of a cache of weapons and propaganda materials recently seized by the military from a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house with General Benedicto Lucas García, far right, at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The EGP emerged in 1967 from dissident factions of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, Rebel Armed Forces, FAR, Catholic followers of liberation theology, and students affiliated with the Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo, JPT, a youth wing of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, Guatemalan Labor Party, PGT. The EGP established themselves in the highlands where civilian support for their cause was high. Among their demands were land reform, access to healthcare, and a respect for human rights, particularly for the Maya population of the country.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); Benedicto Lucas García
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Benedicto Lucas García
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0030_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96879
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Colonel Byron Lima Estrada, center, shows a group of international journalists a cache of weapons recently found by the military in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Col. Lima Estrada was commander of the Quiché department army garrison. He received U.S. Army counterintelligence training at Fort Benning, Georgia, the School of the Americas, and instruction from the U.S. Army Mobile Training Team (MTT) and the U.S. Military Assistance Program (MAP). Following his term as intelligence chief, Lima Estrada served as senior officer in key operational units during the Guatemalan Armed Forces' "scorched earth" campaigns in the 1980s. Lima Estrada was convicted in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Catholic Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, which is considered one of the most infamous crimes of Guatemala's post-war history.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); School of the Americas (SOA); Byron Lima Estrada
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Byron Lima Estrada
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0036_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96885
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A group of international journalists are shown a cache of weapons recently found by the military in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house with General Benedicto Lucas García, far right, at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. Colonel Byron Lima Estrada, the Santa Cruz del Quiché garrison commander, center, observes the guerrilla equipment. In 1981 the military regime and the Guatemalan army initiated a brutal counterinsurgency program of scorched earth tactics to consolidate control over civilians and counteract the influence of the guerrilla insurgency. The genocidal policies enacted by President Fernando Romeo Lucas García and later by Efraín Ríos Montt were also intended to eradicate the culture and identity of the indigenous population. For his role as army general in the internal armed conflict, General Benedicto Lucas García was sentenced on May 23, 2018 to 58 years in prison for crimes against humanity, aggravated sexual violence, and enforced disappearance. Col. Lima Estrada was convicted in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Catholic Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera, which is considered one of the most infamous crimes of Guatemala's post-war history.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP); Benedicto Lucas García; Byron Lima Estrada
- Country
- Guatemala
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Benedicto Lucas García; Byron Lima Estrada
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0037_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96886
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Captured Guerrilla Weapons Found By Guatemalan Armed Forces In Quiché
- Date
- 1982-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Guatemalan army soldier looks over a cache of weapons recently found by the military in a Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, Guerrilla Army of the Poor, EGP, safe house at the regional military garrison in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, February 1, 1982. The EGP emerged in 1967 from dissident factions of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, Rebel Armed Forces, FAR, Catholic followers of liberation theology, and students affiliated with the Juventud Patriótica del Trabajo, JPT, a youth wing of the Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo, Guatemalan Labor Party, PGT. The EGP established themselves in the highlands where civilian support for their cause was high. Among their demands were land reform, access to healthcare, and a respect for human rights, particularly for the Maya population of the country.
- Subject
- Guatemala; Civil war; Genocide; Military; Counterinsurgency; Civilian casualties; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Communism; Cold War; Ejército Guerillero de los Pobres (EGP)
- Country
- Guatemala
- Local Identifier
- guatemala_ct_0041_web.tif
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96890
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1982 Robert Nickelsberg