Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, please see the attachments for information on Enrique Bermúdez, a former colonel in Somoza's National Guard who, according to Right to Survive: Human Rights in Nicaragua, was the commander-in-chief of the FDN (Fuerzas Democráticas Nicaragenses), the major contra military force (1987, 35). According to the attached Americas Watch report, Enrique Bermúdez was shot and killed on 17 February 1991 in the parking lot of a hotel in Managua (1991, 39).

For further information on Enrique Bermúdez, please consult the attachment from World in Conflict 1989, which describes El Bluff as a mined port on the Caribbean sea (Laffin 1989, 68).

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.

Americas Watch. July 1991. Fitful Peace: Human Rights and Reconciliation in Nicaragua Under the Chamorro Government. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Right to Survive: Human Rights in Nicaragua. 1987. London: Catholic Institute for International Relations.

Laffin, John. 1989. The World in Conflict 1989: War Annual 3. London: Brassey's.

Americas Watch. July 1991. Fitful Peace: Human Rights and Reconciliation in Nicaragua Under the Chamorro Government. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 39-42.

Laffin, John. 1989. The World in Conflict 1989: War Annual 3. London: Brassey's.

Right to Survive: Human Rights in Nicaragua. 1987. London: Catholic Institute for International Relations, pp. 34-43.

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. Edited by Alan J. Day. London: Longman.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1987. 1988. Washington, DC: US Department of State.

DIRB Country Files. Nicaragua. 1987.