Witness History: Archive 2012 - US Support for Nicaraguan Contras

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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)

Published on Thursday, 4th October 2012.

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