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Marco Rubio: “Interdiction doesn't work because these drug cartels, what…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio Speaks in Mexico City | Talks Border Security & Bilateral Relation | AC15

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

Let me say this. The United States has long, for many, many years, established intelligence that allow us to interdict and stop drug boats. And we did that. And it doesn't work. Interdiction doesn't work because these drug cartels, what they do is they know they're going to lose 2% of their cargo. They bake it into their economics. What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them. So they were designated as what they are. (01:27–01:34)

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Asserts that drug cartels expect to lose 2% of their cargo due to interdiction.

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