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] ### Ground Zero 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] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 7. [^2]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 7.