Original sentence: CIA, mounted raids which targeted northern Nicaragua, frequently killing or kidnapping Sandinista officials.The Contras were considered terrorists by the Sandinista government, which alleged that their attacks targeted civilians
Edited sentence: "The experience of the so-called “death squads” in Central America remains raw for many even now ... In the early 1980s President Reagan’s Administration funded and helped to train Nicaraguan contras based in Honduras with the aim of ousting Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime.According to The London Times:.CIA, mounted raids which targeted northern Nicaragua, particularly coffee plantations and farming cooperatives, frequently killing civilians, and targetting Sandinista officials for kidnapping and torture.The Contras were considered terrorists by the Sandinista government because many of their attacks targeted civilians.The Contras were equipped using money from illegal American arms sales to Iran, a scandal that could have toppled Mr Reagan