The DEA presence in Southeast Asia from…
1973 CE
The DEA presence in Southeast Asia from 1973 contributes to the elimination of several leading exporters of Southeast Asia opiates.
In that year, the Philippines' Marcos regime executes a Manila heroin manufacturer, Lim Seng, who was exporting major quantities to the United States.
(Source: The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade; Opium)