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Paul Babeu: We feel it's a -- it's a betrayal. Forty-two thousand people have been killed. And these weapons that our own government…

On the recordSeptember 27, 2011
We feel it's a -- it's a betrayal. Forty-two thousand people have been killed. And these weapons that our own government gave -- facilitated to these violent criminals in Mexico, 200 plus people we know have been killed for them.
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Paul Babeu

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Sheriff Babeu expresses his feelings of betrayal regarding the government's role in arming Mexican cartels.

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