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Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl

Headline from The Columbian

MIAMI (AP) — Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Nikki Haley promises to send American special forces into Mexico. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico

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  1. Bangor Daily News

    Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won't work (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    MIAMI (AP) — Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Nikki Haley promises to send American special forces

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won't work (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Many of the Republican candidates running for president say they'd use military force against Mexico in response to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. More than 75,000 people in the United States died last year from overdoses of synthetic opioids, an annual figure more than 20 …

  3. The Boston Globe

    Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say that won’t work. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the US-Mexico border to be shot dead. Nikki Haley promises to send American special forces into Mexico. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico’s leader of treating drug cartels as his “sugar daddy” and says that if he is elected president, “there will be a …

  4. Portland Press Herald

    Some Republican candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say it won’t work (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 nomination and long the person who has shaped his party's rhetoric on the border, has often blamed Mexico for problems in the United States.

  5. Arizona Capitol Times

    Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl, experts say that won’t work | Arizona Capitol Times (opens Arizona Capitol Times)

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    Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Nikki Haley promises to send American special forces into Mexico. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico's leader of treating drug cartels as his "sugar daddy" and says that if he is elected president, "there will be …

  6. The Columbian

    Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl (opens The Columbian)

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    MIAMI (AP) — Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Nikki Haley promises to send American special forces into Mexico. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico

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