What is the purpose of deploying over 4,000 Marines and naval assets to the Caribbean and Latin America?
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One defense official told CNN that "the military buildup is for now mostly a show of force, aimed more at sending a message than indicative of any intention to conduct precision targeting of cartels."...
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