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category: "City"
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tags:
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- geography
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- u.s.-city
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- contra-war
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summary: San Bernardino was a Southern California city where the Blandón-Meneses cocaine network distributed drugs, extending the Contra-connected trafficking operation beyond Los Angeles.
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San Bernardino was a Southern [[California]] city where the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]]-[[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] [[Cocaine]] network distributed drugs, extending the [[Contras|Contra]]-connected trafficking operation beyond [[Los Angeles]]. The city was part of the broader distribution network that moved Contra-connected cocaine throughout the Southland.[^1]
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### Distribution Network
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[[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]]'s cocaine distribution operation, supplied by Blandón's Contra-connected network, extended from [[South Central Los Angeles]] to cities throughout Southern California including San Bernardino. The spread of crack cocaine through these communities was a direct consequence of the Blandón-Meneses trafficking pipeline, which moved thousands of kilos of cocaine into the region during the 1980s.[^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. 7.
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[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7.
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