Former CIA and FBI counter-terrorism official Phil Mudd has first-hand experience fighting drug cartels. He says if the United States wants to make a dent in the illegal drug trade, cooperation with Mexico is key. “If you don’t have the support of the local population, you lose,” he said. #cartels #Mexico #drugs | NewsNation

Much attention has been put on fixing the problems of drug cartels in Mexico, with the U.S. putting pressure on its neighbor to the South to crack down on them. This has led some cartels’ operations to shift back to Colombia, where the illegal drug trade was a dominant business in the ’80s and ’90s. NewsNation’s Robert Sherman reports. More: https://trib.al/TP8EOs8 #VargasReports | NewsNation

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