Kidnapping by Ex-Contras Alleged
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Former Contra rebels have kidnapped eight members of a government peace commission sent to oversee their surrender, Nicaraguan army spokesmen said. The rebels had planned to return to civilian life in accordance with a peace pact signed last month. Instead, the army said, they took eight members of the government commission hostage. But the director of the Organization of American States’ mission to assist the peace process denied that there had been abductions.
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