Emmy V.
Period 3
May 16,2012
Civil War
My uncle was recruited to be part of
the Guatemalan civil war at the age of 15 he was forced to be part of the civil
war with my dad. They were both trained to become soldiers and start from the
bottom like being part of the ones that would go to schools and get teens from
ages 14 and up to be part of it. It really wasn’t a choice for them it was not
if they wanted or not their was no other choice but to go. They had to be in
training for two years and after that they get a chance to either get out and
do what they want with their life’s or they continue in it and grow until they
get to the Generals position or so. My uncle decided he would stay and fight
for his country. A decision that would change every single part of his life. In
1995 my uncle already been threw a lot was a few days away from becoming a
Guerilla general when he got shot to death 15 bullets hit his entire body. “By the end of the war, it is estimated that
over 200,000 people had been killed. The internal conflict is described in the
report of the Archbishops Office for
Human Rights. Which attributed almost 90.0% of the atrocities and over 400
massacres to the Guatemalan army (and paramilitary), and less than 5% of the
atrocities to the guerrillas (including 16 massacres).”(Briggs, Billy) My uncle
involve in the majority of this war fought and got killed with honor fighting
for his country.
Short Story
One of the most
amazing things my uncle had to face was when he had to go on a night round up
to look if everything is the way it’s suppose to be. Walking at 10:45 in the
night around 5 minutes after he got out of his base walking normally checking
for anything suspicious he heard foot steps that were definitely not his so as
he walks he turns and sees a shadow and slowly gets his gun out when suddenly
the first bullet is shot not from his gun which doesn’t hit him the second
bullet landed exactly in in his leg the other bullet landed in his stomach and
the third bullet in his arm. Still alive my uncle shoots to the sky as a signal
of help the guy that shots runs away and my uncle is left to his luck. Soldiers
that were near by rush to where the shots were heard and take my uncle to
get
checked out luckily still alive my uncle survives every shot.
"Guatemalan Civil War." Wikipedia. Oct. 2010. 13 Apr.
2012.
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