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news La Jornada Opinion 2026-06-10

US Secretly Funded 'Contras,' Protected Drug Networks During Reagan Era

During the Reagan administration, the U.S. government illegally funded Nicaraguan 'Contra' guerrillas, with the CIA allegedly ignoring Congressional bans and shielding drug trafficking networks that fueled the U.S. crack epidemic.


Durante la administración de Ronald Reagan, en 1986, el gobierno de Estados Unidos financió de manera ilegal la guerrilla “Contra” en Nicaragua; la CIA ignoró una prohibición del Congreso y protegió a redes de narcotráfico que introducían cocaína a territorio estadunidense, lo que desató la epidemia del crack en su territorio.

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