On March 19, I joined KUER's Radio West to discuss the drug war in Mexico in the aftermath of the deaths of three people — two of them US citizens — associated with the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez.
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Shannon K. O'Neil
March 22, 2010
On March 19, I joined KUER's Radio West to discuss the drug war in Mexico in the aftermath of the deaths of three people — two of them US citizens — associated with the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez.
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