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"We left because they killed a cousin of mine. The army shot him and dressed him as a soldier from the guerrilla — a false-positive. When we arrived in San Francisco, we noticed that our entire community was displaced already. They were in the main town because of fear. Here you could hear the shootings from both sides. It was very hard."
Interviewee from Boquerón-San Francisco.
"The thing was bad—confrontations—by air the helicopters shooting and on the ground the bullets and the landmines. Many died, lots of innocents."
Interviewee from Guacales-San Francisco.
"If you are told: “you are going to be worthy of a home in such and such a way”. And they do not give that to you, you feel already unpleasant. Although we, the poor people, we should be very grateful. And I am very grateful, but I know I do not have an adequate house. I do not have it."
Interviewee from El Tagual-San Francisco.
"I do not know what happened. They took me, covered my face, and brought me into a room. They had me there for all that time: two days and one night. When they released me, they gave me half an hour to disappear from the village."
Interviewee from Alta Vista-San Francisco.
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