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Ted Cruz: “Last week I was in Mexico meeting with senior government…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Look, obviously the US military took out a trend Uruguay narco terrorist boat off the shores of Venezuela just this past week. As you know, Last week I was in Mexico meeting with senior government officials in Mexico and making clear to them, the United States is going after these cartels and we're going to do so either with or without you. Yet, you know, listening to the story of the 171Sinaloa Cartel members arrested New England reminded me of the MS.13 cartel member that I spoke with down in El Salvador. (30:50–31:02)

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Asserts that Ted Cruz met with Mexican officials to discuss US actions against cartels.

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