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San Jose,Costa Rica, FridayJuly 5 98 Charyes of Contra Aid Are Denied By CAITLIN RANDALL Security Minister. Benjamin Piza.this week categorically denjed charges thatCosta Rican Civll Guardsmen.are aiding anti-Sandinista rebel troops operating along Costa Rica's northern border.' "To my.knowledge,not one Guardsman. is helping thecontras,and f-ind proaf there is, he will be punished, Piza iold The TicoTimes in a telephone interview Tuesday. CLAlMs that Costa. Rica's Civil Guard openly collaborateswith. the contras. were made by three nonNicaraguan-alleged anti-Sandinista rebels arrested tast Aprilsome three kilometers trom the Nicaraguan frontier. Nine Nicaraguans and five toreigners were arrested at the`rebelbase.TT,May 3). Thefive forelgners. Steven P, Carr and Robert trom school too. These Guanacaste youngsters, play. Thompson of the United States, Peter Glibbery and Keranillo". John'Davies ofGreat-Britain and Claude Chaffardof for@psta .with.acalt. France -are formally charged with possessian of ek break exploslves.andlllegat assoclatjon, aocordingtoFrerich ondPrich.ptometieafticignhaper.w. AS Still Underway Ast weekmorethan two months. after thelr arrest, three otthe five alleged guerllaswho claim ties,to the NicaraguanDemocratic Force.(FDN) agregd to make thelrinformatjon public,complaining that they have stigating attacked the Costa Ricanrece reports. appearing .Deenabandoned' bytheir goyernments, their ch visitedpatrolkilling the two.in CostaRican newspap- Jawyers and their.comrades in Interviews with reporters tor variousnews media detailsor ngof iwoRica needs two-thirds of. the investigation commis-- made. seriouscharges linking Costa Rican Guardsmen ted150- and have the OAs con-. northern border, outlined CAAnvolvement and ninted .Costa demr Nicaragua : ' at a U.s. military.presence in'the nor? nern.zone. n border. rst ot all, tho report Their accusations include. e-votes of ACCORDING to Maria is secret she told The TicoTimes in a.telphone TE group discussed.plans topunp afewtounds sta trobps sontative in Cota Rica, al! nlenlewthis weekAnd into Lrs Chiles in Costa tca's noryern zone, Carr it was'presenter to a and G bbery sak!. The plar included Isaving behnd a irport secret session of the OAS Soviet-made 82-millimeter mortar and"a few dead Permanent Council.Se- pirieuacos (Sandlnistas)" to implicate the Nicaraguan cond tis the Permanent army.Plans were also made to "terrorlze San Carlos Councll thatwill decide and "steal a Hind helicopter", theyisaid. .:. sSecurity what really happened .According to Carr, !we were just supposed to wreak Sheadded that the havoc along theborder. We nad countiess.operatigns Councilg decislonis not on paper thatnever came.about." ACSA confided thelrapprehensionsto expected for another week. SAN Carlos rancher John Huilwho in the past has ght.ttendants,according totuls satont,LACsA's Internationatrelations. been repeatedly nked wlth anti-Sandinista rebels MEANWHILE the con- et.ButCasatont expressed satlstactlon operatlng in the northallegedly told the group tnat the th recont changes in security at Costa caa princlpal alr torminal Ireleased 'this week, in- FDN)with sixcartons of C=4 plastic explosives touse dicatedthat the Civil .On *economic targets Inside Nicaragua.When the trave ers and an X-ray machine als .Guards, were :killed be used to .... Paga4) Pagr