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San Bernardino was a Southern California city where the Blandón-Meneses cocaine network distributed drugs, extending the Contra-connected trafficking operation beyond Los Angeles.

San Bernardino was a Southern California city where the Blandón-Meneses Cocaine network distributed drugs, extending the 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

Distribution Network

"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

  1. Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7. ↩
  2. Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 7. ↩

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