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category: "Private Organization"
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tags:
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- organization
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- media
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- contra-war
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summary: The San Francisco Chronicle was a Bay Area newspaper that reported on aspects of the Contra-connected drug trafficking operations centered in San Francisco.
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start: 1865
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location: "San Francisco, California"
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The San Francisco Chronicle was a Bay Area newspaper that reported on aspects of the Contra-connected drug trafficking operations centered in [[San Francisco]]. The Chronicle covered elements of the story that included [[Rafael Cornejo]]'s cocaine trafficking network and its connection to the broader Contra drug pipeline.[^1]
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### Coverage of Contra-Connected Crime
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The Chronicle reported on the sprawling drug trafficking operations in the Bay Area, including the remarkable details of Cornejo's conspiracy to escape from federal custody using C-4 plastic explosives and a helicopter. The newspaper also documented the group's consideration of killing a guard and lowering conspirators to a Panamanian cargo ship at sea. The Chronicle's reporting provided local context for the [[Dark Alliance]] revelations, demonstrating that the Contra-connected drug trafficking in San Francisco was an open secret in Bay Area law enforcement and media circles long before Gary Webb's investigation.[^2]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 8.
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[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 8.
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