Nicaraguan side of the river, and troops identified as ‘@contrasI’ located on the Costa Rican side, -t the same place of Las Crucitas. In addition, it said that at IJO time were they identified as members of Costa Rica’s Civil Guard. According to the Costa Rican version, the Civil Guard patrol inspecting the site, at approximately between 1600 and 1630 hours , was under heavy fire from the Nicaraguan side, from rifles, machine guns, rockets, and mortars. According to this version, the fire went on until 1730 or 1800 hours. The Costa Rican guards, surprised by the sudden attack , stated that they had not been able to respond to the fire and could only take cover to protect their lives. The persons in the Costa Rican patrol agreed that the fire came from the Nicaraguan side. Costa Rican authorities also said that the patrol had been under fire from Costa Rican territory. Some members of the patrol gave their impression that they had also been fired at with machine guns from Costa Rican territory, from a hill located to the east of the site where the houses were. Once the firing was over, the members of the patrol, scattered over the area, began falling back to a nearby roar5 leading to Las Tiricias. In the following days , officers and members of the Costa Rican Police Force managed to regroup the patrol, which suffered losses of two dead and nine wounded. The dead were found in the immediate vicinity of the house identified by the number 2 in appendix 1. The wounded agree that they were hit while in the immediate vicinity of that house behind which some of them were trying to protect themselves. According to the version given by the authorities of Nicaragua, after an 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a description of a military conflict or skirmish between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, with details about the location, weapons used, and casualties. The language used is formal and objective, suggesting a report or statement from an official source. Given the context, it is likely that the text is related to a specific event or incident rather than a broader topic like economic development or natural resources.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief