The cartels that operate in this hemisphere are the ISIS and the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere and should be treated just as brutally and just as ruthlessly as we treat those organizations. We have learned after decades of effort and is that There is not a criminal justice solution to the cartel problem. There are elements of the problem that require criminal justice solution, to be sure. But just as we fought Al Qaeda and fought ISIS with the tip of a very … (02:36–02:41)
CLAIM
Asserts that the cartel issue cannot be solved solely through criminal justice.
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