Reference : V-P-NI-E-00106
Date : 06/02/2014
Country/Region : NICARAGUA
Caption : Jalapa. Portrait of a former combatant who became blind in the explosion of an RPG-7 anti-tank mine.
Photographer : LISTE, Sebastian
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : Getty Images/CICR
Description : The accident happened in 1989 near the Nicaraguan-Honduras border, a zone where the conflict was particularly devastating and where there is now the greatest number of mines in the country.

Currently he lives with his son in Jalapa and sells corn, rice and beans to his neighbors.
Original material : digital
Resolution : 4000x6000
Orientation : portrait
Colour/B&W : colour

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