Nicaragua: Information on the Marines for the Revolutionary War (MGS) and their involvement in acts of piracy against Honduran and Salvadorean fishing vessels in the Gulf of Fonseca
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NIC25006.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nicaragua: Information on the Marines for the Revolutionary War (MGS) and their involvement in acts of piracy against Honduran and Salvadorean fishing vessels in the Gulf of Fonseca, 1 September 1996, NIC25006.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aabe44.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, please find attached the excerpt Conflict in Central America, which states that "Nicaraguan and Honduran patrol boats clashed in the Gulf of Fonseca on Aug. 13 [1982], and the Nicaraguan defence ministry said that Salvadorean vessels were also involved" (Schooley 1987, 196). Please note that the acronyms used in the attached section from Nicaragua: A Country Guide refer to the Nicaraguan army as the EPS (Sandinista People's Army Ejercito Popular Sandinista) and the MPS (Sandinista People's Militia Milicia Popular Sandinista) (1990, 218).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Nicaragua: A Country Guide. 1990. Edited by Kent Norsworthy and Tom Barry. Albuquerque, N. Mex.: Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center.
Schooley, Helen. Conflict in Central America. 1987. London: St. James Press.
Attachments
Nicaragua: A Country Guide. 1990. Edited by Kent Norsworthy and Tom Barry. Albuquerque, N. Mex.: Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center, pp. 217-219.
Schooley, Helen. Conflict in Central America. 1987. London: St. James Press.
pp. 193-201.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International. Nicaragua: The Human Rights Record 1986-1989. (AI Index: AMR 34/07/89). London: Amnesty International.
_____. Nicaragua: The Human Rights Record 1986-1989: Update. (AI Index: AMR 43/04/89). London: Amnesty International.
Border and Territorial Disputes. 1987. Edited by Alan J. Day. London: Longman.
DIRB Country Files. Nicaragua. 1982-1983.
Human Rights Watch. March 1986. Human Rights in Nicaragua 1985-1986. New York: Human Rights Watch.
_____. February 1987. Human Rights in Nicaragua in 1986.
Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family. 1986. Edited by Shirley Christian. New York: Vintage Books.
World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Penal Systems. 1989. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York: Facts On File.
