The Forty Third War: Journal 7

Today, we were woken up early by the Sergeant’s whistle. He told us to meat at the HQ immediately. We were told that the city of Juticalpa was under control of the loyalists, and that some of us were going to the river to clear all of the loyalists we could find. We were then given our load of things to carry, and then Sergeant Juan told that Carlos, Roberto, and I along with some others were going to walk to the bank of the river to kill of the loyalists we could find. Immediately we started the hike. We walked for about six hours, and we reached there at about two o'clock. We set up a small camp, and another Sergeant named Diaz was also there, with other soldiers that I didn't know. Carlos and I were put on the right corner of our camp to patrol for anything that seemed harmful to us. We sat there for a couple of hours, when we heard a splashing sound. Then three boats appeared with men on it. Diaz told us to wait for his signal when to fire. Then he gave the signal. In a matter of seconds we killed all of them. All of them were dead. Two men had tried to swim to the shore when I shot one, and someone else shot the other. We were then told by the Sergeant to switch places and for the people who were on patrol to get some rest.

We were given some food to eat, and it was two pieces of bread with beans. We talked for some time, about how many men we had killed. We also talked about how it will be when all of the soldiers from the revolutionary army join forces to get Juticalpa. We hoped that they came, because that was what the Sergeant told us. Some time later we all slept.