Reference :
V-P-NI-E-00109
Date :
06/02/2014
Caption :
Jalapa, Teoticasinte. Tricycle designed by a former combatant who was injured in 1987 in the explosion of an RPG-7 anti-tank mine while he was fighting.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The accident happened 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.
In the explosion, he got heavily injured in his back and legs, and lost the ability to walk. He has been using a wheelchair since then. He currently lives with his mother and an adoptive daughter and works as a community teacher in his neighborhood.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4000x6000
Orientation :
portrait
Colour/B&W :
colour
