Quotes: Clinton Calls Drug War ‘Insurgency’

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“We face […] a drug-trafficking threat that is morphing into, or making common cause with, what we would consider an insurgency in Mexico and in Central America.”

— HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. Secretary of State, comparing the U.S-Mexico drug war to an insurgency like that in Colombia; Mexican lawmakers quickly rejected Clinton’s remarks (via Guardian)