Word: hasenfus
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...Hasenfus and his wife had a candlelight dinner at the home of U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Alberto M. Piedra where they spent the night, the Advocate newspaper of Stamford, Conn., reported yesterday...
...Hasenfus was captured October 6, the day after his plane was shot down while ferrying weapons and supplies to the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua...
...Hasenfus was the only survivor when the Sandinistas shot down his plane over southern Nicaragua. He said he was working as a cargo handler on the flight. Two other Americans and a Nicaraguan died in the crash...
After a trial before a People's Tribunal composed of a lawyer, truck driver and laborer, Hasenfus was sentenced last month to 30 years for terrorism and other crimes. He was being held in the Tipitapa prison outside Managua when he was freed...
Ortega told reporters before Hasenfus was released that the pardon also would be a birthday gift for Hasenfus' son Adam. The Hasenfuses also have a daughter, Sarah, 12, and another son, Eugene...