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On the recordNovember 15, 2012
If you look at how groups evolve, particularly the FARC in Colombia, it went from being a very ideological organization until it got into the drug trade.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul explains the shift of FARC from ideology to drug trade.

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