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summary: "Investigative reporter for the San Jose Mercury News whose 1996 Dark Alliance series exposed links between CIA-backed Contras, Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers, and the crack explosion in Los Angeles."
born: 1955-08-31
died: 2004-12-10
location: "Corona, California"
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[[Gary Webb]] was an investigative reporter for the [[San Jose Mercury News]] whose 1996 "Dark Alliance" series exposed the links between [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-backed [[Contras|Contra]] forces in [[Nicaragua]], Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers, and the explosion of [[Crack Cocaine]] in [[Los Angeles]] and other American cities.[^1] His reporting drew on federal court records, [[DEA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] documents, grand jury testimony, and congressional hearing transcripts.