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, ...

Eugene Hasenfus, a former Marine who was a major figure in the 1986 Iran-Contra arms affair after his gunrunning cargo plane was shot down over Nicaragua, died on Nov. 26. He was 84.

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 the 1980s ...

FILE - Eugene Hasenfus stands outside U.S. District Court in Miami, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1986 after appearing at a status hearing in his lawsuit against two Iran-Contra figures. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, ...