Sturgis is also linked to the assassination , on December 4 , 1980 , of Portuguese prime minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro and 6 other people aboard a Cessna aircraft , in what became known as the Camarate affair . He was named by two of his alleged accomplices , Fernando Farinha Simões and José Esteves , in a written confession , as the person who pressed the button of the detonator to activate the bomb on the plane
Camarate affair
1980 Camarate air crash
Frank Sturgis