---
category: Private Organization
location: Miami, Florida, USA
start: 1903
summary: The Miami Herald was the Florida newspaper that reported on Contra activities
  and Norwin Meneses's drug trafficking operations based in the Miami area.
tags:
- organization
- media
- contra-war
---

The Miami Herald was the [Florida](/places/florida/) newspaper that reported on [Contra](/organizations/contras/) activities and [Norwin Meneses](/people/norwin-meneses/)'s drug trafficking operations based in the [Miami](/places/miami/) area. The Herald covered the overlapping worlds of Contra politics and drug trafficking in South Florida during the 1980s.[^1]

### Coverage of Contra Activities

The Herald documented the Contra support network's operations in Miami, where [Danilo Blandón](/people/danilo-blandon/) and other Contra-connected figures maintained businesses and political organizations. The newspaper reported on [Aristides Sánchez](/people/aristides-sanchez/)'s activities in Miami, including his role in buying supplies and delivering weapons for the [FDN](/organizations/fdn/). The Herald's reporting from Miami provided a local perspective on the national story of Contra-connected drug trafficking, complementing the West Coast coverage that later appeared in the [Dark Alliance](/events/dark-alliance/) series.[^2]

[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 5.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 5.