The CIA-issued commando knife that proved the war wasn't just local
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The CIA-issued commando knife that proved the war wasn't just local
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The CIA-issued commando knife that proved the war wasn't just local
This episode delves into the Contra war in Nicaragua, examining the United States government's involvement, authorization, and concealment of evidence. It explores how a CIA-issued knife became a central piece of evidence in a conflict that claimed over thirty thousand lives.
Date: 1979-1990
Location: Nicaragua
Event: Contra War
Casualties: 30,865
- In 1979, the Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua, prompting concern from the US.
- In 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed National Security Decision Directive 17, authorizing the CIA to support a paramilitary force in Nicaragua with a $19 million budget.
- The Contra forces were formed by merging various groups, including Somoza loyalists and Nicaraguan exiles, led by Enrique Bermúdez and Adolfo Calero.
- Disillusioned Sandinista veteran Pedro Joaquín González, known as Dimas, organized a peasant anti-Sandinista militia called MILPAS.
- Edgar Chamorro, a member of the Contra political directorate, testified that CIA trainers distributed large commando knives to Contra soldiers for close combat.
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