Photos that
accompanied the 1987 Philadelphia Inquirer series:
RELUCTANT WARRIORS, FUTILE WAR
ŠEd Hille / The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Helicopters land at a Nicaraguan Contra
basecamp on the Honduras - Nicaragua border.
A contra commander briefs his troops in a
jungle clearing
After paying a farmer for his pig a contra
slaughters it with an axe.
A CIA plane drops supplies to the contras.
A Nicaraguan contra, laden with his gear, wades
across the Rio Boca.
The son of a contra commander parades before
the troops.
Contra family members in a basecamp on the
Honduras - Nicaragua border.
Contra soldiers cross paths in the jungle with
a wounded comrade and exchange greetings
Hille is an Inquirer photo editor. These photos were
taken during a five-week trek that he and Maykuth made with the
contras into Nicaragua in 1987.
Hille's e-mail:ehille@mindspring.com.
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