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Bill Barr's Christmas Gift to Mexican Drug Lords

Bill Barr's Christmas Gift to Mexican Drug Lords

By dropping drug charges against Mexico's former defense minister, the AG also hoped to prevent the exposure of CIA sources in the military, agents say

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Dec 24, 2020
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Outgoing Attorney General Bill Barr’s surprise decision to drop narcotics charges against former Mexican army general and defense minister is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving—to Mexican officials, including those fronting for their nation’s all-powerful drug cartels. But it also may save CIA and U.S. Defense Department operations in Mexico.

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