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===The boys on the tracks===
===The boys on the tracks===
One month after Eugene Hasenfus was shot down in October 1986 exposing to the Mena Contra supply operation, the [[Lebanese]] newspaper, ''Al-Shiraa'', reported on November 3, 1987 that the US sold arms to Iran. President Reagan denied knowledge of weapons sales being the funding source and asked a special prosecuter to investigate. The CIA shut down its Mena operation and left town.
One month after Eugene Hasenfus was shot down in October 1986 exposing to the Mena Contra supply operation, on November 3, 1986 the [[Lebanese]] newspaper ''Al-Shiraa'' reported the US sold arms to Iran. President Reagan denied knowledge of weapons sales being the funding source for the Nicaraguan Contras and asked a special prosecuter to investigate. The CIA shut down its Mena operation and left town.
But drug smuggling into Mena continued in Bill Clinton's Arkansas. The Clinton political machine and local economy now had a vested stake in seeing it continue. On April 23,1987, two 16 year old boys, Kevin Ives and Don Henry, stumbled upon and witnessed an aerial drop in the area of Bauxite and Alexander, Arkansas.<ref>http://www.idfiles.com </ref> Initial cause of death was claimed to be the result of passing out on a railroad track in Arkansas after smoking [[marijuana]].<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-14/news/mn-623_1_preliminary-report </ref> The ruling was made by the State medical examiner Dr. Fahmy Malak.
But drug smuggling into Mena continued in Bill Clinton's Arkansas. The Clinton political machine and local economy now had a vested stake in seeing it continue. On April 23,1987, two 16 year old boys, Kevin Ives and Don Henry, stumbled upon and witnessed an aerial drop in the area of Bauxite and Alexander, Arkansas.<ref>http://www.idfiles.com </ref> Initial cause of death was claimed to be the result of passing out on a railroad track in Arkansas after smoking [[marijuana]].<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-14/news/mn-623_1_preliminary-report </ref> The ruling was made by the State medical examiner Dr. Fahmy Malak.