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Eliot Engel: “The drug gangs I do not believe have political, religious or ideological goals. They are criminals trying to make money…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
The drug gangs I do not believe have political, religious or ideological goals. They are criminals trying to make money to peddle their illicit narcotics.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel discusses the nature of drug gangs and their motivations.

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