A 1986 announcement revealed the U.S. was illegally funding rebels with secret weapon sales
A shocking 1986 announcement by the U.S. Attorney General revealed that the government had been secretly selling weapons to Iran to illegally finance a guerrilla war in Nicaragua.
In late 1986, Attorney General Edwin Meese stunned the public by revealing that profits from secret arms sales to Iran were being diverted to fund the Contras, a rebel group in Nicaragua. This operation was a direct violation of U.S. law, which had explicitly banned military aid to the rebels.
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