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category: "U.S. State"
tags:
- Geography
- State
- United_States
- Contra_War
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
summary: Most populous U.S. state, home to San Francisco and Los Angeles, the two primary centers of Contra-connected cocaine trafficking by Norwin Meneses and Danilo Blandón during the 1980s.
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California is the most populous state in the [[United States]] and was the primary theater of operations for the Contra-connected [[cocaine]] trafficking networks on the West Coast during the 1980s.[^1]
### Contra Drug Trafficking
Both [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]], California's largest cities, served as bases for [[Norwin Meneses]]'s and [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s drug operations. Meneses operated from San Francisco and Pacifica from 1980 to 1984, while Blandón ran his distribution network from the Los Angeles area from 1981 to 1987. The [[Frogman Case]], the largest cocaine bust in West Coast history at the time, occurred in San Francisco in 1983.[^2]
### Law Enforcement
Multiple California law enforcement agencies investigated the Nicaraguan drug ring, including the [[LAPD]], the [[LASD Major Violators|L.A. County Sheriff's Majors unit]], and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. The Freeway Rick Task Force was formed in Los Angeles in January 1987. U.S. Attorney [[Joseph Russoniello]] in San Francisco declined to prosecute Meneses in 1987.[^3]
### Crack Epidemic
[[South Central Los Angeles|South Central L.A.]] became the epicenter of the [[Crack Cocaine|crack]] explosion, fueled by Blandón's cocaine supply. The L.A. City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for a federal investigation after the [[Dark Alliance]] series was published in 1996.[^4]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Prologue: "It was like they didn't want to know"
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 5: "God, Fatherland and Freedom"
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 20: "It is a sensitive matter"
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 27: "A very difficult decision"