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'Freeway’ Ricky Ross Speaks on Gary Webb, the CIA, and the Contra War

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By Kevin Uhrich
Pasadena Weekly | May 3, 2010
Ricky Donnell “Freeway Ricky” Ross, the notorious Los Angeles crack dealer released from federal prison in September after serving 14 years, said he had no idea proceeds from his business helped fund CIA-backed counter-revolutionaries in Nicaragua.
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Tags: Contra War, Ricky Ross, Gary Webb

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