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Golpiza, obligado a cavar su tumba, intentos de ahogarlo en el río
Beating, forced to dig his own grave, attempts to drown him in the river
– Ya habían colocado excavadoras cerca del aeropuerto para cavar fosas comunes.
• Caterpillar tractors had already been brought close to the airport to dig mass graves.
Sólo en incidentes ocurridos al cavar se han producido más de 1.000 víctimas10.
Digging incidents alone have resulted in over 1,000 casualties.
Obligarlos a cavar trincheras en el frente o a limpiar campos de minas
Forcing to dig trenches on front line or sweep minefields
Consiste en cavar hoyos en el suelo que se rellenan con estiércol en la estación seca.
It consists in digging holes in the ground and filling them with manure during the dry season.
Entre sus tareas se contaba cavar trincheras y cortar madera.
Duties included the digging of trenches and the cutting of timber.
Dos hermanas fueron violadas y tuvieron que cavar sus propias tumbas.
Two sisters were raped and were asked to dig their own graves.
Al parecer, se le asignó que cavara un pozo de tierra.
She was apparently assigned to dig an earthen pit.
Unos 15 metros más allá de la valla, empezaron a cavar y a construir terraplenes de tierra.
Some 15 metres beyond the fence, they began digging and erecting earthen berms.
Emma y las demás fueron obligadas a cavar sus propias tumbas.
Emma and the others had to dig the graves.
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