This morning I woke up thinking about my sister, Alicia. She was very talkative before and knew how to keep a conversation going. These days she doesn't talk as much. She stopped talking after the loyalists took her in their trucks and did something to her. I wonder what they did to make her so quiet. After I put my cover and blanket back to the tent, I started to clean my rifle. Some moment later everyone woke up, and then we were told to gather near the tent with the HQ (Headquarter) sign posted on it. The Sergeant taught us how to load and unload the AK-47. When the training started, it was very hard to load the rifle, but after a few tries I was comfortable doing it. After everyone got the hang of it, the Sergeant made us do the same drill blindfolded. I had no clue what I was doing, so I got slapped by the Sergeant. After many tries, I knew how to load my weapon without any difficulties blindfolded. We were given a ten minutes before we started practicing the shooting positions on our weapons. We did not fire because the army did not have enough ammunition for the AK-47. We were then given lunch, which was the same - tortillas, beans, and a cup of coffee. After we ate, we were ordered to meet at the HQ again. The captain was talking when we heard a sound from the horizon, approaching the camp. The captain quickly notified us that this was a helicopter raid, and we needed to take cover. Roberto, Carlos and I quickly ran towards a rocky place, covered by trees and then hid there. The helicopter started firing every where for ten minutes, then flew away.
Some soldiers told us that two people had died and five were wounded. Rest of the day we spent cleaning the camp. Dinner was the same as lunch. We were ordered to practice what we had learned during the day. I kept on thinking about the helicopter raid and dead people before falling asleep.
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