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Barack Obama: The biggest by far violators of human rights right now are the cartels themselves that are kidnapping people and…

On the recordAugust 9, 2009
The biggest by far violators of human rights right now are the cartels themselves that are kidnapping people and extorting people and encouraging corruption in these regions.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama emphasizes that the drug cartels are the primary violators of human rights in Mexico.

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