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    WASHINGTON – US law enforcement agencies have arrested 303 people in 19 states over the past two days as it seeks to unravel the distribution network of a major Mexican drug trafficking cartel, US officials said yesterday. "We have all taken a step forward to disrupt a group that hides behind a shield of ideology while terrorising communities in Mexico and peddling drugs in our neighbourhoods here in the US" FBI director Robert Mueller said. Full Article at Irish Times
    We have all taken a step forward to disrupt a group that hides behind a shield of ideology while terrorising communities in Mexico and peddling drugs in our neighbourhoods here in the US
    Robert Mueller – Robert Mueller SOURCE: Irish Times 1 month ago

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