In the early 1980′s, Ronald Reagan signed a top secret directive giving the CIA authority to recruit and support the “Contras” with $19 million in military aid to battle the reigning Sandinistas importation of Cuban-style socialism in Nicaragua and El Salvador. To hide its involvement (and avoid the scrutiny of inter-governmental bodies), the U.S. Government tried to arrange funding and military supplies by means of third-parties. Does the Iran-Contra Affair ring a bell? By the late-80′s the fallout of lawlessness, civil war, and economic devastation in several Central American countries was horrific.
Enter, Miguel, a 26-year-old Salvadoran and son of an assassinated local military leader.