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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
The horrific bloodshed that has resulted in the deaths of thousands in Mexico is not constrained to the southern side of the border.
Said by
Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Susan Collins highlights the spillover violence from Mexico into the U.S.

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