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There are even sources that say some of the American weapons intended for the contra effort were sold by contra leaders on the black market to the leftist guerrilla in El Salvador.

Which is ironic since the first reason for American interventionism with the Sandinistas was to prevent them to supply weapons to the Salvadoran guerillas.

It seems that the resources available to the contras was squandered, abused, and used for the personal gain of the leadership.

And the resources that actually went all the way to the front line was used on civilian targets in bloody, meaningless acts of terror.

The few, successful “ contra ” operations, such as the harbor mining, were performed by the CIA.