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category: "City"
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- geography
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- u.s.-city
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- contra-war
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summary: Compton was a city in Los Angeles County heavily affected by the crack cocaine epidemic fueled by Danilo Blandón's Contra-connected trafficking network.
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Compton was a city in [[Los Angeles]] County heavily affected by the [[Crack Cocaine|crack cocaine]] epidemic fueled by [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s Contra-connected trafficking network. The city became a major market for the cocaine distributed by "Chico" Brown and other dealers supplied by Blandón's network.[^1]
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### Ground Zero
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Compton, along with [[South Central Los Angeles]], bore the brunt of the crack explosion that resulted from the thousands of kilos of [[Cocaine]] dumped into the Los Angeles area by Blandón and [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]]. The city's predominantly Black neighborhoods became primary markets for the cheap crack cocaine that devastated communities through addiction, violence, and mass incarceration. The Contra-connected drug pipeline's impact on Compton was a direct consequence of the decision to fund the [[Contras]] through cocaine trafficking in American inner cities.[^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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