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On the recordJune 20, 2012
Over the past decade, seemingly as a result of United States' counternarcotics efforts in Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean region has become a key transshipment point for drugs flowing into the United States.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson discusses the impact of U.S. counternarcotics efforts on drug trafficking in the Caribbean.

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