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. For programs ...

Crime in Mexico, driven by drug cartels targeting the U.S., has reached a new high, drawing into question a $2.5 billion American-taxpayer-funded Washington program to cut corruption south of the ...

The “Mérida Initiative” is a multi-billion dollar effort by the United States government to assist Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean in their fight against drug trafficking organizations.

TIJUANA The U. S. government donated to Mexico ten specialized mobile units that use gamma ray technology to detect drugs and other contraband as part of the Mérida Initiative, a joint program to ...

The Mexican government has scored some notable victories recently in its bloody battle against violent drug cartels. Last month, Mexican authorities arrested Texas-born Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez, ...

WASHINGTON -- As one who has written about the desert that often is U.S. policy toward Latin America, I should be quick to admit that it is also easy to see mirages. But Washington's $1.4 billion ...