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US Support for Nicaraguan Contras
In October 1986 a CIA plane carrying arms to "contra" rebels was shot down in Nicaragua.
There was one survivor, a former US marine named Eugene Hasenfus.
American journalist James LeMoyne met Hasenfus shortly after his capture by the left-wing Sandinista government.
(Photo: Eugene Hasenfus at his trial in Nicaragua/ Getty Images)
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In October 1986 a CIA plane carrying arms to "contra" rebels was shot down in Nicaragua.
There was one survivor, a former US marine named Eugene Hasenfus.
American journalist James LeMoyne met Hasenfus shortly after his capture by the left-wing Sandinista government.
(Photo: Eugene Hasenfus at his trial in Nicaragua/ Getty Images)
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