1. Murder in Equatorial Guinea: A Foreign Service Urban Legend
- Author:
- Mark L. Asquino
- Publication Date:
- 09-2019
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- American Diplomacy
- Institution:
- American Diplomacy
- Abstract:
- Almost fifty years have passed since the terrible day in 1971 when one State Department officer brutally killed another in the tiny, African country of Equatorial Guinea. What took place there is a lurid story of sex, madness and murder that almost every foreign service officer has heard about at one time or another. In many ways it’s the State Department’s version of the 1984 classic film, “Nightmare on Elm Street.” However, the murder in Equatorial Guinea is a real-life tale of horror that continues to intrigue foreign service officers. Here are the basic facts of what happened.
- Topic:
- Cold War, Crime, Diplomacy, and Memoir
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Russia, North America, United States of America, and Equatorial Guinea