Texas served as a transit corridor for Contra-connected [[cocaine]] shipments, with airfields and border crossings used to move drugs into the [[United States]]. The state's long border with [[Mexico]] and its network of airfields made it a key entry point for narcotics flowing north from [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]].[^1] ### Contra Cocaine Routes [[Enrique Miranda]] testified that [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] "had on his payroll a series of American pilots and had taken charge of a control tower in the state of Texas." Norwin's cargo planes, based in [[Costa Rica]], had established flight plans to haul commercial goods to Texas as cover for drug shipments. Cars filled with cocaine-loaded PVC pipes were driven across the border in Texas or [[California]]. The Torres brothers described airfields in [[New Orleans]] and Brownsville, Texas, where Contra cocaine was allegedly being flown in under armed guard.[^2] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 16. [^2]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 16, Ch. 17.