Managua (1996)
When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels, special commando Paul Gleason is dispatched to Nicaragua to sort out the mess.
Top billed cast
Louis Gossett Jr.Paul
Assumpta SernaMartha
Robert BeltranRamon
John SavageDennis
Michael Moriarty
Mario CimarroChico
John Diehl
Paul GanusFrank- Andrea Sisniega
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