Ben Linder

Benjamin Ernest Linder (July 7, 1959 — April 28, 1987), born in California, was a young American engineer who was killed in an ambush by a group of CIA-funded Contras while working on a small hydroelectric dam that was to bring electricity and running water to a village in the middle of Nicaragua's war zone. Linder's death made front-page headlines around the world and polarized opinion in the United States.

External links

• The Death of Ben Linder, by Joan Kruckewitt ISBN 1583220682
• The Death of Ben Linder (excerpt)
• The death of a dreamer on the website of the Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico
• Ben Linder explains the functions of the small scale hydro-electric facility in El Cuá, Nicaragua requires RealAudio
• Ben Linder Marc Becker's site
• Ben Linder as a unicyclist