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Additional Merida Initiative Funding Could Be Earmarked for Mexico’s FIU: Official
By Colby Adams
printU.S. lawmakers may need to earmark more money for Mexico's financial intelligence unit as part of a $1.9 billion aid package intended to help fight drug trafficking, a federal official said Thursday. In a hearing, members of a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee quizzed witnesses on the efficacy of the Merida Initiative, a U.S. plan launched in 2008 to help Mexico fight drug cartels, bolster border security, reform the country's judicial system and train state, local and federal investigators. How the initiative is further funded could be informed by regulations published by Mexico's Finance Ministry in October 2012, which subjected industries...
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