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EL SALVADOR. El Barillo. A government Army maneuver near Guazapa Mountain. Guazapa was a guerilla stronghold throughout the war. The woman in the stream is a recently returned refugee defied the army and returned to El Barillo after being driven out by the Army a few years earlier. The photographer was on an army maneuver with soldiers when the woman saw soldiers approaching and threw a towel over herself. Water is carried from the streams to homes for cooking and washing. At the time, there were no permanent houses in El Barillo. 1986. 
Image Reference 
TOL1986003W00044/27-27A 
(PAR91985) 
© Larry Towell/Magnum Photos 
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