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U.S. priorities shifting in Mexico’s drug fight
Tijuana :: Mexico | 9 days ago
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U.S. assistance to help Mexico fight drug traffickers will probably continue beyond the allotted three years of the Merida Initiative, with expanding cooperation but not joint law enforcement or military operations “on Mexican soil any time soon,” a senior...
Tags: Mexico City, U.S. Congress, Merida Initiative, Felipe Calderón, obama administration, Dallas Morning News, drug traffickers, law enforcement, Mexico, Tijuana, Ciudad Juￃﾡrez, Mￃﾩrida Initiative, Politics, Drug control law, Military of Mexico, Crime in Mexico, Mexican Drug War, Felipe Calderￃﾳn
U.S. senator slows anti-drug aid to Mexico: report
Mexico City :: Mexico | 4 months ago
Credibility A U.S. senator has rejected a plan by the State Department to issue a report affirming Mexico is respecting human rights in its war against drug traffickers, which could delay release of millions of dollars in U.S. anti-narcotics aid, the Washington Post...
Tags: Mexico, human rights, U.S, Patrick Leahy, Merida Initiative, State Department, drug traffickers, The Washington Post
What a Better "War on Drugs" Could Look Like
The Merida Initiative, a 3-year, $1.4 billion counternarcotics aid package, is the US's current program of assistance to combat the drug-fueled violence that has turned Mexico into a war zone. It tries to help Mexico take the offensive and...
Tags: Mexicos Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counterdrug Policy, counternarcotics policy, Merida Initiative, Plan Columbia, US Army War College, war on drugs, Bush administration, illegal arms, narcotics, Hal Brands
Accusations of Torture in Mexico's Drug War!
This week the Obama administration demanded a full report on the actions of federal forces in Mexico's President Calderon's war on drugs. The State Department threatened to cancel more than $100 million in funds from...
Tags: Obama Administration, Felipe Calderón, State Department, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Human Rights Watch, Merida Initiative, drug war, torture, federal forces, Washington Post, illegal detentions, military abuses
Obama's New Anti-drug Border Strategy: What it will and won't do (concisely)
A few heavyweights in Obama's administration converged last week to announce a new counter-narcotics strategy for the US-Mexico border. In short, their new plan, outlined in a 65-page document entitled "National Southwest Border Counternarcotics...
Tags: Mexico Solidarity Network, Obama administration, counter-narcotics, US-Mexico border, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Merida Initiative, Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, Gil Kerlikowske, new strategy announced
Mexico and the Merida Initiative
Xalapa :: Mexico | 8 months ago
Credibility Mexican cartels are using harsh and appalling violence to attack security forces and each other as these criminal organizations seek to expand their operations and to dominate or eliminate rivals. The cartels are targeting police, military, and other...
Tags: Merida Initiative, Mexico
Drug War Doublespeak or Why We Must Question US Sources that Call Mexico Unstable
When the U.S. government and its military talk about Mexico of late, they seem to use both sides of their mouths. While repeatedly stating that Mexico is ripe for "sudden collapse" and poses a "national security threat" to the US, they simultaneously...
Tags: drug war violence, US-Mexico border, Laura Carsten, American Program Center for International Policy, Felipe Calderón, Merida Initiative, globalization, drug war doublespeak
U.S. State Department Visits War-Ravaged U.S.-Mexico Border
When a U.S. State Department official accepted U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) invitation to El Paso, we locals hoped for insight. Could Mexico collapse, as a recent U.S. Joint Forces Command report suggests? Will the U.S. $1.4 Billion Merida Initiative...
Tags: U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, William L. McGlynn, U.S. State Department, drug cartel violence, Merida Initiative, Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Mexico Border, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Beto O'Rourke
Mexico's Spreading Drug Violence
Tijuana :: Mexico | 11 months ago
Credibility Border Patrol agents watch colleagues for immigrants, drug traffickers and terrorists from crossing illegally into the United States on the Rio Grande River, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) Mexico's economy is slowing–remittances from abroad are down,...
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