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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We had more than three dozen sources describing one or another elementof cocaine smuggling...

We had more than three dozen sources describing one or another element
of cocaine smuggling by the Nicaraguan Contras

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We had more than three dozen sources
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describing one or another element of cocaine smuggling
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by the Nicaraguan Contras.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:46
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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Movie Summary

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
John Kerry was newly elected to the United States Senate - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
John Kerry was newly elected to the United States Senate
Today, we are going to proceed to tell a piece of the Contra drug story. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Today, we are going to proceed to tell a piece of the Contra...
After the guns were unloaded, was something loaded into the airplane? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
After the guns were unloaded, was something loaded into the ...
Yes. I loaded about 17 duffel bags - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Yes. I loaded about 17 duffel bags
Two-foot square boxes in the aircraft. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Two-foot square boxes in the aircraft.
The White House involved in secretly funneling guns - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
The White House involved in secretly funneling guns
Financed by sales of missiles to Iran. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Financed by sales of missiles to Iran.
At least turning a blind eye to cocaine smuggling - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
At least turning a blind eye to cocaine smuggling
It was a perfect template for drug smuggling. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It was a perfect template for drug smuggling.
When you shipped guns to Central America, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
When you shipped guns to Central America,
It profited for the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It profited for the Contras.
It was a cozy arrangement that worked for everyone, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
It was a cozy arrangement that worked for everyone,
The Reagan administration either looked the other way, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The Reagan administration either looked the other way,
Our goal was to defeat communism in Central America, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
Our goal was to defeat communism in Central America,
Nice move by Lenny Bias! And gets the score and it... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Nice move by Lenny Bias! And gets the score and it...
One big turning point was Len Bias, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
One big turning point was Len Bias,
Lead catch. Adrian Branch. Great feed back to Bias! - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Lead catch. Adrian Branch. Great feed back to Bias!
Everybody in Washington, we knew who Len Bias was. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Everybody in Washington, we knew who Len Bias was.
People loved him. He was an attractive and clean-cut guy. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
People loved him. He was an attractive and clean-cut guy.
And his big rival in the conference - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And his big rival in the conference