(The Center Square) – A bipartisan bill has been filed in the U.S. Senate to target cartel trafficking in the U.S.
The Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act was filed to increase inspections of traffic heading south to Mexico through any U.S. state to combat the flow of illicit firearms and money that fuel drug cartels.
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