FATE OF U.S. PRIEST JAMES CARNEY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001338965
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Case Number: F-2001-01650
• Publication Date: May 23, 1996

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TOR: 231621Z MAY 96
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SUBJECT: FATE OF U.S. PRIEST JAMES CARNEY
REF: NONE.
TEXT:
1. ACTION REQUIRED: NONE. FYI ONLY.
2.
THE FOLLuWJLV , LVblUluo THE DISAPPEARANCE IN HONDURAS IN
THE 1980'S OF U.S. PRIEST JAMES ((CARNEY)):
4? THE SPECIAL FORCES NEVER SAW FATHER CARNEY.
A COUPLE OF CAPTURED INSURGENTS TURNED OVER TO THE
SPECIAL R ES A PISTOL AND STOLE THAT THEY SAID BELONGED TO CARNEY.
THE PISTOL AND E WERE TURNED OVER TO THE C-2 BY THE SPECIAL
FORCES. HELICOPTERS WERE LAUNCHED TO SEARCH FOR CARNEY
USING IN BTAINED FROM THE CAPTURED INSURGENTS
NOTHING WAS FOUND.
A HONDU EFTIST
TOLD THAT H
ENTERED HONDURAS WITH CARNEY AND THAT CARNEY IN POOR PHYSICAL
CONDITION BEFORE THE CROSSING. OTHERS CARRIED FATHER CARNEY
FOR TWO DAYS IN A HAMMOCK BEFO ING HIM BEHIND IN THE JUNGLE.
APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE:
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