The World - News from July 28, 1985
Officials of Costa Rica’s Civil Guard said they have evidence that four unidentified planes sprayed machine-gun fire and dropped bombs on a guard post near the Nicaraguan border Friday. Civil Guard Director Oscar Vidal said the four U.S.-made propeller-driven planes penetrated more than six miles into Costa Rica to the Caribbean coastal town of Barra del Colorado, then dropped 50-pound bombs on a lookout post along the Colorado River. He accused no specific country or group.
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