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Eugene H. Hasenfus (born January 22, 1941 in Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
) is a United States
United States

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 citizen who was an unemployed construction worker
Construction worker

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 and former marine from Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin

Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,749 at the United States Census, 2000....
 who secured work as a cargo handler for the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
 (CIA).

as aboard the Fairchild
Fairchild

Fairchild was an aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York, Hagerstown, Maryland and San Antonio, Texas....
 C-123 cargo plane, N4410F, formerly USAF 54-679, (c/n 20128), shot down over Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
 on October 5, 1986, while delivering supplies to the Nicaraguan Contras.






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Eugene H. Hasenfus (born January 22, 1941 in Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
) is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 citizen who was an unemployed construction worker
Construction worker

Construction workers are employed in the construction industry and work predominantly on construction sites and are typically engaged in aspects of the industry other than design or finance....
 and former marine from Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin

Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,749 at the United States Census, 2000....
 who secured work as a cargo handler for the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
 (CIA).

Iran-Contra Affair

He was aboard the Fairchild
Fairchild

Fairchild was an aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York, Hagerstown, Maryland and San Antonio, Texas....
 C-123 cargo plane, N4410F, formerly USAF 54-679, (c/n 20128), shot down over Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
 on October 5, 1986, while delivering supplies to the Nicaraguan Contras. The two pilots died in the crash, however Hasenfus was able to parachute
Parachute

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating Drag .Parachutes are made out of cloth, most commonly nylon....
 to safety, having disobeyed orders by wearing a parachute on the mission. He was captured by Nicaraguan government forces, tried, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. In December 1986, at the request of U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, he was pardoned and released by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega

Jos? Daniel Ortega Saavedra is the former 79th and current 83rd President of Nicaragua between 10 January 1985 and 25 April 1990 and from 10 January 2007....
.

Hasenfus' capture and detention helped uncover and publicize the Iran-Contra Affair
Iran-Contra Affair

The Iran-Contra affair was a American political scandals in the United States which came to light in November 1986, during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, over an arms-for-hostages deal with Iran and funding for the Nicaraguan Contras....
. A black book of phone numbers in the wreckage tied the plane to an operation run out of Ilopango
Ilopango

Ilopango is a town in the San Salvador Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador....
 airbase in El Salvador
El Salvador

El Salvador is the smallest country in the Americas and Central America by size, and the most densely populated nation in Central America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras....
, supported by anti-Castro exile Felix Rodriguez
Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency)

F?lix Ismael Rodr?guez Mendigutia is a former CIA officer famous for his involvement in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, his involvement in the interrogation and execution of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, and his ties to George H....
. Press speculation focused on former general Jack Singlaub
John K. Singlaub

John Kirk Singlaub is a highly-decorated former Office of Strategic Services officer and a retired Major General in the United States Army, and a founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency, ....
 as the sponsor; this was encouraged by Oliver North
Oliver North

Oliver Laurence North is an United States best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. Currently, he is a political commentator, host of "War Stories with Oliver North" on Fox News Channel, and a New York Times best-selling author....
 to divert attention from the true head: Richard Secord
Richard Secord

Major General Richard V. Secord, Retired, was a United States Air Force officer convicted for his involvement with the Iran-Contra scandal. He was born in LaRue, Ohio in 1932....
.

External links

  • about Hasenfus at the NY Times.