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The Pilot Who Exposed Iran-Contra | Nigaragua News
Eugene Hasenfus, the lone survivor of the 1986 plane crash that exposed the Iran-Contra scandal, has died at 84 after a cancer battle. His downed aircraft, carrying CIA-supplied arms to Nicaraguan rebels, became a flashpoint that shattered U.S. denials and ignited congressional investigations. Captured by Nicaraguan forces, Hasenfus’s public testimony forced a reckoning with covert Reagan-era operations. Though later pardoned and sued unsuccessfully, his story remains a defining moment in American foreign policy history. He leaves behind four children and eight grandchildren. Listen in…
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