Patrick Arguello: Dawson's Field Hijackings 1970
There is a bit piece of history about a young Sandinista Nicaraguan that may actually have some relevance once again considering the upsurge in terrorism throughout the world. I recently read a story about Patrick Arguello Ryan, a young Nicaraguan who fled his country, to my hometown of Los Angeles, California, after his family was suspected of involvement in the assassination of Anastasio Somoza in the 1960's. After attending highchool near downtown Los Angeles Patrick Arguello studied in Chile and eventually went back to Nicaragua where he joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front. He was exiled from Nicaragua for his political activities with the Sandinistas and fled to Europe where he joined with the European Sandinistas who had forged a political pact with various Palestinian groups. But it was the hijacking of an El Al plane flying from Amsterdam to New York on September 6,...
