Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 in Menominee, ...

Patrons at a pub watching TV to see Lt. Col. Oliver L. North's testimony before the joint Congressional hearing into Iran-Contra affair. Credit - Steve Liss—Getty Images President Donald Trump’s ...

Eugene Hasenfus, a former Marine who was a major figure in the 1986 Iran-Contra arms affair after his gunrunning cargo plane ...

He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.

In 1986 a photograph taken in a Nicaraguan jungle was splashed across newspaper frontpages around the world, it led to the exposure of a major US political scandal - the Iran Contra affair. The ...

Eugene Hasenfus, a Marinette man whose name became synonymous with the Reagan-era Iran-Contra scandal, has died at 84 after a long battle with cancer. Hasenfus was at the center of ...

Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died MADISON, Wis. -- Eugene Hasenfus, who ...