Mexico objects to US description of drug violence

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Mexico protested this week after a US official used the word "insurgency" to describe drug-related violence sweeping our southern neighbor. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with analyst Denise Dresser in Mexico City about why Mexicans object to the word insurgency so much.

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