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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. That's what needs to be stopped.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama highlights the human rights violations committed by drug cartels in Mexico.

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