Hand Accident

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Rufino explains that he lost his hand during a training exercise with the guerrilla, but continued to serve as a combatant and bodyguard.

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What happened was, there was an accident during training where I lost my hand. After that, I was an amputee and had to participate in combat like that. For... I was in combat during about three or four years after the amputation. After that, they called me to work as security for a commander. I was a sort of bodyguard. I had to do that after being in combat for a while, they assigned me to security for the leaders.