Under the Mérida Initiative, the U.S. has spent about $3 billion since 2007 assisting security forces with fighting corruption and criminal organizations—like drug cartels—in Mexico. There is a risk of funds going to individuals or groups involved in contract fraud, human rights abuses, or other crimes. Keep Reading
The Mérida Initiative is a bilateral U.S.-Mexico partnership to address crime and violence and enhance the rule of law in Mexico. U.S. funding for the Mérida Initiative has totaled about $3 billion. Keep Reading
From fiscal year 2014 through 2018, the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated about $723 million for the Mérida Initiative, a partnership which aims to address crime and violence and enhance the rule of law in Mexico. Keep Reading