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Another male: My life was different. My parents were very poor. They did not
This interview (presented here
have meat to provide for their children. Conditions were very limited and I had
in translation) took place in rural
to work for the National Police. But I could not stomach the National Police
Chalatenango, a northern province
and I decided to work for the poor, to see how we could end the exploitation
that is still happening in our country. Because of this I became part of the of El Salvador, on July 30, 1987. I
guerrillas and began to see the reality. For many years now I have been with the was part of a delegation that had
guerrillas doing different kinds of work. For two-and-a-half years now I have taken school and medical supplies
been with permanent military units and I have participated in combat in many to the re-population community
different zones. I was in a unit of 50 combatants when we worked to destroy El in that province. Five combatants,

Pariso the first time, on December 31, 1982, and I have been in other positions four men and one woman, met
around here: Las Vueltas, San Antonio. The last military action we did was the with u. At the end of the interview
Paramilitary Centre. I was also in the action for the taking of El Pariso this last they sang a song. They said it was
time. In this military operation we were very close to the enemy. We had several the song that Salvadorans, who
combatants in that military operation…” are working in the revolutionary

struggle, sing when they bury
Another male: Some of us are a little younger! I am 23. I was a high-school
people who have been murdered
student when I became a fighter. I was fifteen years old. The history of the
and their bodies dumped on the
combatants in the FMLN is quite long and we are sure that one day we will
street.
reach the social change that we are fighting for…”

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