The World - News from May 27, 1986

A vehicle carrying health workers hit a land mine in northern Nicaragua, killing seven people and injuring four, Defense Ministry officials said. Among the victims was a male Spanish nurse identified as Ambrosio Mugorron, 36, who was honored for his work last year by the leftist Sandinista government. The officials, who asked not to be identified, said the mine was believed to have been planted by U.S.-supported rebels, known as contras . The health workers had been vaccinating children against polio and measles in Jinotega province, site of numerous rebel attacks. The mine exploded on a road between the villages of El Cedro and San Jose de Bocay, about 120 miles north of Managua.