IN THE EARLY ‘80S, THE CIA HELPED FACILITATE THE WIDESPREAD SALE OF COCAINE IN POOR LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP FINANCE THE COVERT WAR AGAINST THE SANDINISTAS IN NICARAGUA. GARY WEBB, THE REPORTER FROM THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS WHO FIRST BROKE THE STORY OF CIA INVOLVEMENT IN THE COCAINE TRADE, WAS FOUND DEAD WITH “TWO GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD.” HIS DEATH, IN 2004, WAS RULED A SUICIDE.
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