Senator: Cartels control nearly half of Mexico

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Senator: Cartels control nearly half of Mexico

by WorldTribune Staff, January 31, 2018 Drug cartels are close to controlling as much territory in Mexico as Islamic State (ISIS) did at its height in Syria, according to a U.S. senator who recently visited Mexico. “Forty to 45 percent of Mexico is ungoverned or run by the cartels,” Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma Republican, told […]

Report: Latin American intel no match for terror groups planning attacks in U.S.

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Report: Latin American intel no match for terror groups planning attacks in U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Hizbullah and other terror organizations are operating freely in Latin America and have entered into a “marriage of convenience” with drug cartels to raise huge amounts of cash for terror attacks in the United States, Spain’s Defense Ministry reported. “Latin America represents […]