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Yvette Clarke: “Does that fall into the parameter of a spillover of the Mexican drug cartel scenario...”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
Does that fall into the parameter of a spillover of the Mexican drug cartel scenario...
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clarke inquires if gang violence linked to drug distribution is considered spillover violence.

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