Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Marco Rubio’s personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in Latin America.

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(0:00) Intro
(2:10) Marco Rubio’s shady past
(13:34) Felix Rodriguez
(14:33) Rubio’s ties to current drug dealers
(20:37) The Fort Bragg Cartel
(23:13) DEA then and now
(24:46) Iran Contra
(30:00) Gary Webb
(36:00) Rodriguez and Marco Rubio
(36:44) Noriega connection to Rubio?/
(41:23) Which drug traffickers get away with things?
(47:39) Connection between anticommunists and traffickers
(53:50) Outro