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How the U.S. Gov't Helped Create Mexico's Drug Kingpin

How did "El Chapo" become Mexico's most powerful drug lord? With the help of the U.S. government, reports Newsweek/Daily Beast's Aram Roston.

Published Jan. 31 2012 6:23PM EST

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