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• Compton Compton was a city in Los Angeles County heavily affected by the crack cocaine epidemic fueled by Danilo Blandón's Contra-connected trafficking network.
• Newport Beach, California Newport Beach, California was where Ron Lister lived and operated his security business that was connected to Danilo Blandón's cocaine trafficking and weapons procurement network.
• Pacifica, California Pacifica, California was where Danilo Blandón settled after arriving in the United States, establishing his first base of operations near San Francisco.
• San Bernardino 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 Jose San Jose, California was the home of the San Jose Mercury News, which published the Dark Alliance series, and a secondary market for Contra-connected cocaine distribution.
• Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. was the command center for the Reagan administration's Contra policies and the destination for DEA reports on Contra-connected drug trafficking that were ignored or suppressed.