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- ↑ "Acusarán a Tomás Borge por Supuestos crímenes de reos". El Nuevo Herald . 10 August 2001. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ↑ "Group Helps Freed Nicaraguans Start a New Life". Miami Herald . 10 August 1989. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ↑ "3 Nicaraguans guilty of spying for U.S." Toronto Star . 22 April 1986. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ↑ "4 U.S. Embassy officials called spies". The Miami News . 14 March 1986. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
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