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James Traficant: “A CIA report says Mexico's powerful Interior Minister is dirty. He is tied to drug cartels and he turned a blind eye to…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1998
A CIA report says Mexico's powerful Interior Minister is dirty. He is tied to drug cartels and he turned a blind eye to drug trafficking. A blind eye to 7 tons of narcotics crossing the border every single day, 14,000 pounds? After all this, the White House is officially certifying Mexico as a cooperating partner in our war on drugs. Unbelievable. Some war on drugs. The Interior Minister is dirty. Their last drug czar was on the cartel's payroll, and 14,000 pounds a day are poisoning America. Beam me up. Evidently there is not as much testosterone at the White House as there is rumored to be. I say, let us secure our borders with the military who are falling out of chairs without armrests overseas. Let us straighten out our country, Congress. And let us declare war on narcotics.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Addressing drug trafficking and U.S. relations with Mexico during a floor speech.

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