I believe you're right about that. At least they only let the air out and didn't slash them. :-)
Ollie is right on the money about Adolfo Carero being a Patriot as all the Contras were, they fought communism and won.
When I was questioned by the attorneys, nobody asked about "I'm part of the Nicaraguan Resistance!" but the defense attorney asked about "Picard for President". "Who's Picard?" he wondered. I asked the judge, a distinguished white-haired Latino gent, "Do I have to answer?" and he said, "Yes," so I said, "He's the captain of the Starship Enterprise!"
The judge cracked up, the prosecutor cracked up, even the defendant cracked up. Later (after I'd told both attorneys that I didn't believe either one of them wanted an impartial jury, but rather each wanted a jury on his side), the judge said, "I've had so much fun having you in my courtroom, Ms. Tax-chick, and you may tell the clerk on your way out that you are Dismissed for Cause!"
Agreed - not always the nicest people, but they were fighting to save their homeland from Communism.
I wonder if things are better in Nicaragua now. I don't know of any Nicaraguans in our Spanish congregation at church, but maybe that just means they don't make it to North Carolina.