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John Barrasso: “How large are the troops? I mean, I heard numbers yesterday going as high as cartels having 50,000 armed soldiers…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2009
How large are the troops? I mean, I heard numbers yesterday going as high as cartels having 50,000 armed soldiers working for the cartel.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Barrasso inquires about the size of cartel forces.

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