Description
Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute Andrew Rudman talked about the killing of two Americans kidnapped in Mexico and the state of cartel violence in the country’s northern region. This clip also includes comments from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
7 minutes
Keywords
- Bilateral
- Bipartisan
- Cartel
- Drug Trafficking
- Foreign Terrorist Organization
- Hostage
- Legislation
- Mexican American War (1846-48)
- Per Capita
- Precedent
- Prosecution
- Senator
- Transnational
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