These cartels crush families whether in the neighborhoods of Colombia, along the coast of Panama, and even infiltrate cities in Ohio. With their poison. The entire hemisphere is now subjected to their terror. Cartels have no borders, as we've heard from the previous speakers. They spread their poison, their corruption, and they destroy economic prosperity with total impunity. They recruit our young people, murder our citizens, corrupt our institutions, our politicians, and steal the future for the next generation. (44:29–44:34)
CLAIM
Asserts that drug cartels operate without regard to national borders.
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