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Leading the fighting was the small but deadly Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which has been waging a battle against the entrenched regime of President Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza Debayle, 52. Last month, in a daring attack on Managua's National Palace, the Sandinistas took 1,500 hostages and forced Tacho to ransom them back for $500,000 in cash and the release of 59 political prisoners. Next, the well-armed Marxist guerrillas staged a pitched battle against Somoza's National Guard in the coffee and cattle town of Matagalpa. Finally the Sandinistas raised the stakes to civil...
Opposition sources located outside Nicaraguan borders said yesterday Sandinista National Liberation Front forces would fight again to end 41 years of rule by the Somoza family...
...Sandinista forces holding Esteli appear to be better armed and organized than those in the recaptured cities. Observers have reported sandbagged cobblestone barricades thrown up across many streets. Observers also reported that the battle for Esteli could be bloodier than any previous battles...
...Sandinista rebels, numbering an estimated 400 to 2000 at the start of the rebellion, were joined by hundreds of sympathizers and temporarily gined control of several northern cities...
...guard also said government troops were fighting rebels in Chinandega and Esteli. The rebels, led by guerrillas of the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front, launched a general uprising last weekend in an effort to oust Somoza...