Trump wants to designate Mexican cartels as terrorists

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 4:50pm

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US President Donald Trump has said he is working on designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. He also says he has extended an offer to Mexico "to go in and clean it out." Host Marco Werman speaks with former Mexican ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan.

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