Claim(permalink)
"According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2017-03-14
Factors
veracity
uncertain
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2017-03-14
Entities
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