05-06-2015 - Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. Children playing in a cell of the burnt out police station,barrio of Nuevo San Juan Copala. It was burned down after police beat and shot at farm workers on strike. © David Bacon

25-07-2013 - Washington, USA H2A guest worker contract Employee Rights posted on a company shed as Migrant farmworkers strike to raise the piece rate for picking, and to try to stop the company from bringing in H2... © David Bacon

13-10-2012 - A child walks past a billboard warning that you will be condemed to 20 years in jail if you collaberate with Narcoterrorists. Do not risk your freedom. The remote jungle region of VRAE/ Ayacucho is in... © Boris Heger

10-10-2012 - People queue to visit their relatives, Yanamilla prison, Ayacucho, Peru. Inmates at the Yanamilla prison of Ayacucho, Peru. Many of the prisoners have been convicted of offenses relating to coca culti... © Boris Heger

10-10-2012 - Visitors pass through safety checks Yanamilla prison as they queue to visit their relatives in the Yanamilla prison, Ayacucho, Peru. Many of the prisoners have been convicted of offenses relating to c... © Boris Heger

10-10-2012 - People pass the final gate. Yanamilla prison, Peru. People queue to visit their relatives in the Yanamilla prison of Ayacucho, Peru. Many of the prisoners have been convicted of offenses relating to c... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia Police operation to close mines operated by small traditional miners. The Colombian government says it wants to control illegal mining and is giving licenses to big multinationals. Colombia i... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia Police officers talk to distraught miners- has just lost everything as his illegal mine has been closed down by police officers. The Colombian government says it wants to control illegal mini... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. A distraught miner cries as he has just lost everything as his illegal mine has been closed down by police officers. The Colombian government says it wants to control illegal mining and is g... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. Police officers talk to distraught miners- has just lost everything as his illegal mine has been closed down by police officers. The Colombian government says it wants to control illegal min... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. An employee of the Canadian Gran Colombia Gold company talks to a policeman involved in operations to close mines operated by small traditional miners infavour of the multinational. The Colo... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. A grandmother protecting a young child passes by policemen, as they stand guard in a small city where gold from the small mines is found in large quantities. Police operation to close mines... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. Mobile Anti-Disturbance Squad (ESMAD). Armed police prepare to close illegal gold mines by force. Police operation to close mines operated by small traditional miners. The Colombian governme... © Boris Heger

25-09-2010 - Indigenous Triqui women and their children protest against a killings in their communities in San Juan Copala in Oaxaca. The Triqui protestors are living in tents in the zocalo, the main plaza, in the... © David Bacon

04-05-2010 - Darien Gap, Panama, Tule tribe IDPs. Stocks, a punishment device used to immobilize members of the tribe who broke the code of conduct - the time people should stay there depends on the decision taken... © Boris Heger

30-10-2008 - Mexico, The Day of the Dead, students from the University of Oaxaca build an altar in memory of the many female victims to sexual homicide in Ciudad Juarez. © David Bacon

28-05-2008 - Indigenous Nahuatl campesinos, or small farmers, erect a planton, or encampment, and demonstrate every day on the Reforma in downtown Mexico City. The farmers come from the Four Hundred Towns, a rural... © David Bacon

29-08-2004 - Strike infront of the Presidential Palace, Lima, Peru, September 2004, Peru is famous to be plagued by regular social tensions © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Policemen stand guard with their dogs in the Rimac, in the city's center, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Detainees in a exercise yard of the women's central prison , Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Police infront of the Presidential Palace, Lima, Peru, September 2004 © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - A soldier stands guard infront of the Presidential Palace, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Using a shortwave radio to keep in contact with other villages. Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasques... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Self defence forces set up by local villagers meant to ensure order and protect from intruders, thieves and guellia groups in Toccasquesera, in the region of Ayacucho, Peru, September 2004. This area... © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - A woman stands guard at the women's central prison, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - The exercise yard of the women's central prison , Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - A detainee holds here bible in the yard of the women's central prison Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Detainees in the yard of the women's central prison , Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - An old detainee walks in the yard of the women's central prison , Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - An old detainee walks in the yard of the women's central prison , Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Detainees in the yard of the women's central prison, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Detainees go back to their cells under the supervision of a guard, in the internal court of the women's central prison, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Detainees' relatives being checked as they visit in the women's central prison, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Outside view of the women's central prison with relatives waiting to visit, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Outside view of the women's central prison with relatives waiting to visit, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Anti riot policemen during a protest, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Anti riot policemen stand by the crowd at a social protest, Lima, Peru, September 2004. Peru is famous for its social instability and regular riots © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - People at a protest are being watched by anti riot policemen, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger

29-08-2004 - Anti riot policemen guard The Palace of Justice, Lima, Peru, September 2004. © Boris Heger