Former Attorney General Bill Barr told Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren in an interview this week that the federal government needs to begin treating Mexican cartels “more like ISIS and less like the mafia.” During an interview on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” the top prosecutor under former President Donald Trump said that “Mexico is well on its way to being a failed narco-state” and that the U.S. should adjust its approach to the cartels accordingly.
“The United States [has been] relegated to working through Mexico to try to deal with the cartels, and I think that’s a losing proposition,” Barr stated, adding that he doesn’t believe the Mexican government is “serious enough” in tackling the drug crisis. “I think they have to be forced and pushed into action with us,” he continued. “We have to be more active against the cartels. In my mind, we have to approach the cartels more like ISIS and less like the mafia.”
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