Rebel camp in the mountains of Chalatenango. The young man blowing smoke rings and his companion, a radio operator, belong to the Faribundo Marti liberation movement, El Salvador

Mexico, U.S. side of the border at El paso, Texas; behind the undocumented person is the Rio Grande and Ciudad Juárez

Citizen militia practice in Managua, Nicaragua

Boy returning home with jug full of creek water. Soldiers searching for guerrillas, El Salvador

Guerrilla camp. Father is holding a U.S.-made M-16 automatic rifle, El Salvador

Sandinista soldier resting at a farmhouse in province of Matagalpa. The baby (who has just wet her diaper) is holding a broomstick, Nicaragua

Soldier in U.S.-backed Salvadoran army relaxes with his radio in San Francisco Gotera. The village is an outpost in Morazán, a province active in army-guerrilla warfare, El Salvador

"Mothers of the Disappeared" protest against the death squads in the capital city of San Salvador. Over 70,000 Salvadorans have died in nine years of civil unrest. Most were victims of these "Escuadrones de la Muerte", El Salvador