U.S. law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 300 members of a ruthless Mexican drug cartel over the past few days. The massive drug sweep against the ‘La Familia’ cartel was the biggest takedown of a Mexican drug organization in history, according to Rusty Payne, who joins us this morning. Payne is chief spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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