WASHINGTON - AUGUST 20: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces indictments at the Justice Department against 43 defendants in the U.S. and Mexico on charges of drug trafficking August 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The effort inlcudes the indictment of 10 alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders in 12 indictments unsealed yesterday and today in U.S. federal courts in Chicago and Brooklyn. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

WASHINGTON - AUGUST 20: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces indictments at the Justice Department against 43 defendants in the U.S. and Mexico on charges of drug trafficking August 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The effort inlcudes the indictment of 10 alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders in 12 indictments unsealed yesterday and today in U.S. federal courts in Chicago and Brooklyn.

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