In the 1980s, the U.S. Congress passed a law shutting down American support to the Contras in Nicaragua.
Notes on verification
Well-documented via Boland Amendments (1982-1986); confirmed by multiple independent, high-quality sources including government and academic records. Process was phased rather than a single law, but the overall claim is accurate. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.875 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Special Warfare: The Missing Middle in U.S. Coercive ... (seed:military_and_intelligence)
- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/excerpts-the-report-congressional-committees-investigating-the-iran-contra-affair (corroboration)
- https://levin-center.org/what-is-oversight/portraits/the-iran-contra-affair/ (corroboration)