Peruvian Vladimir Florez was guarding the US consulate in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber blew up a truck outside the gates, killing eight Afghans and sparking a firefight that lasted hours.
Like many Latin-American former soldiers, Florez feels bitter at the conditions he endured then and his treatment since.
Others say they were used as "cannon fodder."
It was September 13, 2013 when the then 32-year-old Florez was on duty at the US diplomatic complex in the northwestern city of Herat alongside Colombians and Salvadorans.
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