- Jalapa, Nueva Segovia
Jalapa is a
municipality in theNueva Segovia Department ofNicaragua . It is located close to theHonduras border.Contra war
Jalapa, which is located on the border of Honduras, was the location of two failed attempts of the CIA funded
Contras to overthrow the city and install a provisional government, in late1982 andDecember 1983 , in which the CIA informed the contras would be immediately recognized by the United States Government.cite book | author= Gill, Terry D.| title= Litigation strategy at the International Court a case study of the Nicaragua v United States dispute| publisher= Dordrecht | year= 1989| id=ISBN 0-7923-0332-6 p. 187-191]Notes
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