Father James F. Carney was captured in Honduras by the military during Operation Patuca River in late August of 1983. By his own admission, he was a guerrilla fighter with the Armed Forces of the People, or FAP, led by convicted Honduran terrorist Dr. Jose Reyes Mata. Carney, 58 years old, had served as a Jesuit priest in Honduras for more than 18 years. A champion of the … [Read more…] about The Christian Marxist priest who fought and died in Central America
“Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.†– Julius Caesar, 1601 On July 27, 1983, Comandante Reyes Mata gave Lieutenant “Justo Martinez†a large sum of Honduran lempiras “to purchase mules, supplies, and, especially, food.” Lt. Martinez and several other guerrillas left the base camp at … [Read more…] about A defector in place: The strange and terrible saga of a Green Beret Sandinista – Death sentence
Prologue: How not to raise a revolutionary army In August 1980, Green Beret David Arturo Baez was honorably discharged from the United States Army for compassionate hardship reasons. His carefully-constructed ruse of having to return to Nicaragua to help his aging grandparents on their small coffee finca had fooled his command at the 3/7th Special Forces Group (A) in Panama, … [Read more…] about A Defector in Place: The strange and terrible saga of a Green Beret Sandinista – How not to raise a revolutionary army
Prologue: Operation Patuca River, Honduras, 1983 On July 19, 1983, a group of 96 Marxist guerrillas with extensive training in Cuba and six months of combat conditioning in Nicaragua fighting U.S.-backed Contras, successfully infiltrated Honduras on foot after crossing the Coco River by boat. The mission was planned and led by Dr. Jose Reyes Mata (“Commander Pablo Mendozaâ€), … [Read more…] about A defector in place: The strange and terrible saga of a Green Beret Sandinista – Part One
