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Abraham Hamadeh: “I'm going to designate the cartels as terrorist…”

Featuring: Abraham Hamadeh, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 8

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Abraham Hamadeh Discusses Arizona Attorney General Candidacy and Key Issues

Published | Video Starts at 04:43

And they're being shipped off to other states. They're not just staying in Arizona. But what I intend to do when I take office next year, Rita, is I'm going to designate the cartels as terrorist organizations. And what that would do is actually have enhanced sentencing guidelines on them that we can start prosecuting them more aggressively and also seize their assets. (04:43–04:47)

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Asserts intention to classify cartels as terrorist organizations for enhanced legal action.

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