COMMENT REGARDING 1983 DISAPPEARANCE OF U.S. PRIEST JAMES CARNEY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001338966
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Case Number: F-2001-01650
• Publication Date: May 31, 1996

DIST: 31 MAY 1996
COUNTRY: HONDURAS
SUBJ:
RjAHJLAHANUE OF U.S. PRIEST JAMES CARNEY
DOI: 1983 - EARLY MAY 1996
HE SPECIAL FORCES NEVER SAW FATHER CARNEY.
STATED THAT A COUPLE OF CAPTURED INSURGENTS TURNED HE
SPECIAL FORCES A PISTOL AND STOLE WHICH THEY SAID BELONGED TO
FATHER CARNEY. THE PISTOL AND STOLE WERE TURNED OVER TO THE
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS BY THE SPECIAL FORCES
.
HELICOPTERS WERE LAUNCHED TO SEARCH FOR FATH NEY
MATION OBTAINED FROM THE CAPTURED INSURGENTS BUT
APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE:
29-Jun-2010 SE ET
 2. IN ADDITION, HAD TALKED
AID HE
HAD ACCOMPANIED FATHER CARNEY WHEN T URGENTS ENTERED
HONDURAS. [A HONDURAN LEFTIST
CONDITION BEFO ROSSING INTO HONDURAS. F-JAND OTHERS
CARRIED FATHER CARNEY FOR TWO DAYS IN A HAMM FORE LEAVING HIM
BEHIND IN THE JUNGLE. COMMENT:
DID NOT SAY WHETHER FATHER CARNEY WAS ALIV
DEAD WHEN HE WAS LEFT BEHIND.)