Before his trial, American prisoner Eugene Hasenfus is led by two Sandinista guards to the place where his plane was shot down. (Claude Urraca/Sygma via Getty Images) On Oct. 5, 1986, a cargo plane ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov.