John Cornyn: “Mexico, under some pressure from the administration, has…”

“The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on individuals and institutions linked to the cartels. President Trump has worked to secure the extradition of numerous cartel operatives to face criminal charges here in the United States. And Mexico, under some pressure from the administration, has stepped up its own enforcement efforts, including deploying approximately 10,000 National Guard troops to the U.S. Mexico border. and through an operation which eliminated CNG leader Nemesio Mencho Oseguero. There are indicators that these counternarcotics efforts are helping reduce drug smuggling across our border nationwide.” (02:57–03:11)

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