The mine that injured him was planted by the National Guard of Somoza. The funding for the mines was contributed by the United States, England and Germany. We have very serious problems with employment, and with education. There are lots of architectural barriers. Six departments in Nicaragua have been affected by Hurricane Mitch and in all the departments there are disabled people.
Disabled people are among the poorest in the country.
They live in the mountainous rural regions of the country and many of their homes and livelihoods were lost. There is not a defined plan to deactivate the mines. As a result of the hurricane some mines whose locations were known were lost, others were revealed in new locations. Liem Eg, Cambodia Injured by a landmine in 1983. The forest was being cleared and they were working in the mountains.