In another scene, a baby-faced guerrilla playfully sticks his tongue out at the camera, then motions to the machine gun he is carrying on his back. After one of their trucks gets temporarily stuck in the mud, the guerrillas roll into the village of narrow gray streets and shabby concrete buildings shortly after dawn. There are only a few stray dogs around to greet them. Once the fighting begins, rebels are seen running down streets, hoisting the gas canisters that were used to demolish the municipal building and police barracks. Loud blasts and gunfire are heard over chirping birds.
Some residents appear to help the rebels set up mortar launchers.
But at one outdoor cafe, a man and woman huddle in terror behind the green plastic tables as FARC rebels plant explosives across the street. Elsewhere in town, guerrillas and people in street clothes use a metal barrel to smash through a bank window. The bank is shown later in rubble, and a guerrilla appears subsequently surrounded by a mountain of cash. Five police officers who surrendered after hours of combat are seen pinned face-down on the floor of their flattened barracks as rebels point machine guns at their throats. The videotape does not show what happens to the police.