He launched 45, 000 army troops against drug-trafficking gangs.

他曾动用了45,000名陆军士兵，用以打击毒贩帮派。

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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, a retired army general, has ordered his nation's army to join the fight against the trafficking gangs but also called for the possible decriminalisation of drugs.

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The army claims its purpose is to suppress drugs-trafficking and illegal immigration.

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