Ex-Attorney General Barr called for decisive action against drug cartels after Americans were kidnaped in Tamaulipas, Mexico, saying they should be dealt with like ISIS.
WARNING-Graphic footage: Former attorney general Bill Barr reacts to cartels waging war against Americans on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'the same way they would Islamic terrorist groups overseas, after four Americans in a North Carolina-plated vehicle were kidnaped in the border town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
"The Mexican government is being held hostage by tens of thousands of paramilitary members of terrorist organizations that effectively control Mexico. It's pretty close at this stage to. They can use violence and oceans of cash to corrupt the government. The government has no will, and it doesn't have the ability to deal with the cartels," he said.
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