Witness History - Germans kidnapped by Nicaragua's rebels
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In the 1980s thousands of young activists from around the world flocked to Nicaragua to support the fledgling left-wing Sandinista revolution. They came to build houses, pick coffee, or work in local health centres. Some of the foreigners were caught in the middle of the ongoing civil war between the Sandinista government and right-wing rebels, or Contras, supported by the US government. Mike Lanchin has been speaking to two Germans who were kidnapped by the Contras in the summer of 1986 and held in the jungle for 25 days.
Photo: Anti-Sandinista Contras practice military drills and exercises at military bases in Honduras (Getty Images)
Published on Tuesday, 2nd July 2019.
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