The women in the zone, now in their 70s and 80s, are the last survivors of a group who defied authorities and, it would seem, common sense, and returned to their ancestral homes inside the zone. They did so illegally. As one woman put it to a soldier who was trying to evacuate her for a second time, "Shoot me and dig the grave.
Las mujeres en la Zona, ahora con 70 u 80 años, son los últimos supervivientes de un grupo que desafió a las autoridades, y, al parecer, al sentido común, y volvieron a sus hogares ancestrales en la Zona. Lo hicieron ilegalmente. Como una mujer le explicó a un soldado que intentaba evacuarla por segunda vez: "Dispáreme y cave la tumba.