NICARAGUAN REBEL CHIEF'S COPTER REPORTEDLY CRASHES NEAR BORDER (original) (raw)
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- July 25, 1985
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A helicopter carrying Eden Pastora Gomez, the former Sandinista hero who now leads a rebel force fighting the Sandinista Government of Nicaragua, was reported today to have crashed near the Nicaraguan-Costa Rican border Tuesday afternoon, and there were conflicting accounts about his fate and whereabouts.
Officials of the Costa Rican rural guard told journalists in San Jose, Costa Rica, that the Hughes helicopter had crashed near a Costa Rican village called Veracruz de Pital, about 25 miles south of the Nicaraguan border.
Costa Rican authorities later issued a statement saying that they had found the helicopter on a ranch, that there were no bloodstains or bullet holes in the craft, and that there was no trace of its occupants.
Reported 'Healthy and Safe'
Costa Rican radio stations with correspondents in the area reported that Mr. Pastora had been treated at the hospital in Veracruz de Pital, reportedly for a broken leg, then taken to an airport and flown to Panama.
The Associated Press quoted a cousin of Mr. Pastora as having said he was ''healthy and safe'' in Panama.
A senior American official in Washington said the United States Government had information indicating Mr. Pastora had survived the crash with only slight injuries and had been rescued by a Miskito Indian group.
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