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June: Contra official Julio Zavala begins selling cocaine in San Francisco
August: Press conference in Honduras announcing the formation of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force -- the FDN -- also known as the Contras.
December: Reagan signs secret order allowing CIA to begin paramilitary operations against the Nicaraguan government. Blandon and Meneses fly to Honduras for meeting with Enrique Bermudez, the CIA-paid head of the Contra army, to discuss fund raising in U.S. Blandon says he begins selling cocaine for Meneses shortly
1982
March: At CIA's direction, Contras blow up two bridges leading into Nicaragua, which marks the beginning of the Contra revolution.
June: FBI arrests Meneses relative and accuses him of laundering $11 million worth of drug money in three months.
October: Meneses hosts FDN meetings in Los Angeles and San Francisco for visiting Contra leaders.
December: Congress votes to prohibit CIA aid to the Contras.
1983
In response to customer demands, Ross begins marketing ready-made crack and learns how to turn a kilo of powder into three or more kilos of rock by adding an anaesthetic called procaine, a process known as "blown up." The drug network expands to other states.
June: Contra officials meet with Colombian drug trafficker George Morales in Miami to arrange weapons shipment.
1984
Ross and Blandon are selling 100 kilos of Meneses' cocaine a week in Los Angeles. The drug gangs who distribute their cocaine begin buying assault weapons and communications gear from Blandon and his associates.
June: Meneses hosts dinners for FDN leaders in San Francisco.
October: Justice Department returns $36,000 in cash seized in San Francisco from Contra cocaine dealer. Congress cuts off all funding for Contras eight days later.
November: San Francisco FDN official and a Meneses nephew arrested on cocaine charges.
1985
June: Contra leader Adolfo Calero comes to San Francisco and arranges weapons purchase with Lt. Col. Oliver North's field representative, Robert Owen.
September: San Francisco Contra official arrested in cocaine sting says Meneses is dealing drugs and arms for the Contras.
October: DEA agent assigned to El Salvador gets reports of drug smuggling at Illopango military air base.
1986
January: Costa Rican shrimp company owned by drug dealers gets U.S. State Department contract to deliver aid to Contras.
August: Congress approves $100 million in aid to the Contras. Also approves new cocaine laws that punish crack offenders more severely than powder dealers.
November: Iran-Contra scandal breaks.
1987
January: Freeway Rick Task Force formed to shut down Rick Ross' crack operation in Los Angeles.
February: Blandon moves to Miami and "retires'' from drug business. Buys several businesses in partnership with ex-Nicaraguan army general and an FDN lawyer.
1988
March: Truce signed between Nicaraguan government and the Contras ending the civil war.
September: New Mexican police find nine kilos of cocaine on a Cincinnati-bound Greyhound and link it to Ross.
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