The World - News from Aug. 4, 1986
Nicaraguan troops killed 2,745 U.S.-backed contras from January through June, Deputy Defense Minister Joaquin Cuadra told Barricada, the official newspaper of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front. No report of government casualties was given.
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