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Bill Stewart, an American journalist, was executed by Nicaraguan Guardia forces.
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Bill Stewart (journalist)
American journalist and murder victim (1941–1979)
William D. Stewart was an American journalist with ABC News who was murdered by Nicaraguan government National Guard ("Guardia") forces while reporting on the Nicaraguan Revolution as Sandinista rebel forces were closing in on the capital city of Managua in 1979. Footage of his…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
National Guard (Nicaragua)
U.S.-created militia in Nicaragua from 1925 to 1979
The Nicaraguan National Guard was a militia and a gendarmerie created in 1925 during the occupation of Nicaragua by the United States. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under the regime of the Somoza family (1936–1979). The National Guard was disbanded…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)