The Merida Initiative : U. S. Counterdrug and Anticrime Assistance for Mexico.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Mérida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues -- Summary -- Introduction -- Background -- The Development of the Mérida Initiative -- Funding the MÉrida Initiative -- Mexico -- FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations -- FY2009 Omnibus and Supplemental Appropriations -- FY2010 Appropriations -- Non-Mérida Assistance for Mexico -- Central America -- FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations -- FY2009 Appropriations -- FY2010 Appropriations -- The Caribbean -- Other MÉrida Legislation in the 111th Congress -- Status of Implementation -- Policy Issues -- Is Mérida the Right Drug Control Approach?39 -- Balancing "Hard-side" and "Soft-side" Assistance -- Monitoring Progress -- Interagency Coordination -- Role of the Department of Defense -- U.S. Pledges under the Mérida Initiative -- Weapons Trafficking58 -- Drug Demand -- Bulk Cash Smuggling -- Mexico Policy Issues -- Domestic Counterdrug Efforts and Strategy -- Police Reform and Anti-Corruption Efforts -- Implementation of Judicial Reforms -- Protection of Human Rights -- Beyond the MÉrida Initiative -- U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation -- Cooperation with Central America and the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) -- The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative103 -- Appendix A. Conditions on FY2008 Supplemental Assistance for MÉrida -- Mexico -- Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- End Notes -- Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counterdrug Policy -- Foreword -- About the Author -- Summary -- Introduction -- Mexico's Narco-Insurgency -- Paramilitary Organizations -- Third-Generation Gangs and the Extent of the Threat -- The Government Response: Why So Ineffective? -- The Merida Initiative: Characteristics, Aims, and Prospects -- Evaluating the Supply-Side Paradigm.

Case Study: Plan Colombia -- The Merida Initiative: Prospects for Success -- The Way Forward -- Security and Interdiction -- Anti-Corruption and Human Rights -- Institutional Development -- Economic and Social Development -- Guns and Users: U.S. Domestic Contributions -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Mexico's Drug-Related Violence -- Summary -- Drug Trafficking in Mexico -- Background on Mexico's Anti-Drug Efforts -- Major DTOs in Mexico15 -- Other Groups and Emergent Cartels -- The Mexican State v. The DTOs -- Pervasive Corruption and the Drug Trade -- Escalation of Violence in 2008 and 2009 -- Causes for the Spiraling Violence -- Location of the Violence and Mexico's Drug War Strategies -- The U.S. Policy Response -- The Mérida Initiative79 -- Implementation of Mérida -- Appendix. Hearings on increased Drug Violence in the 111th Congress -- House -- Senate -- End Notes -- Opening Statement of Eliot L. Engel, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Hearing on "Guns, Drugs and Violence: The Merida Initiative and the Challenge in Mexico" -- Opening Statement of Ranking Member Connie Mack, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hearing on "Guns, Drugs and Violence: The Merida Initiative and the Challenge in Mexico" -- Testimony of David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Hearing on "Guns, Drugs and Violence: The Merida Initiative and the Ch... -- The Challenge in Mexico -- The Response: The MÉrida Initiative -- Interdiction and Border Security -- Corruption -- Judicial Reform -- Prisons -- Anti-money Laundering -- Demand Reduction -- MÉrida Initiative Implementation -- Arms and Cash Trafficking -- Conclusion.

Testimony of Roberta S. Jacobson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Hearing on "Guns, Drugs and Violence: The Merida Initiative and the Challenge in Mexico" -- Testimony of Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Committee on Appropriations -- Mexico -- Central America -- The Caribbean -- Conclusion -- Statement of Rodger D. Garner, U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID Mission Director to Mexico, before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs -- Conclusion -- The Merida Initiatve, U.S. Responsibilities &amp -- Human Rights, Testimony Presented by Lisa Haugaard, Latin America Working Group to the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs -- I. The United States Must Address Its Own Contribution to the Violence -- II. The United States Should not Encourage and Support an Open-Ended Role for the Mexican Military in Domestic Law Enforcement -- III. Solutions to the Spillover of Violence across the Border Must Incorporate the Concerns of Border State Communities -- IV. Human Rights Must be Central to U.S. Policy -- Lesson 1. Human Rights Training can be Helpful, but is by no Means Sufficient -- Lesson 2. Judicial Assistance is Positive, but not Sufficient -- Lesson 3. For Human Rights Improvement, Diplomacy and Dialogue, Not Just Aid and Training, is the Answer -- End Notes -- Testimony of Joy Olson, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America on the Merida Initiative, before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs -- Where We Are -- How We Got Here.

US-Mexico Security Cooperation and the Merida Initiative -- Police Reform -- Judicial Reforms -- Support for Human Rights is Important -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Testimony of Ana Paula Hernandez, Consultant in Mexico on Human Rights and Drug Policy on the Merida Initiative, before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs -- Militarization in Mexico: The Norm, Not The Exception -- Democratic Police Reform: An Urgent Need -- Military Jurisdiction: A Guarantee for Impunity -- The Importance of Support for Justice Reform -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Status of Funds for the Merida Initiative -- Summary -- Background -- Characteristics of the Mérida Initiative -- Approximately Two-Thirds of Appropriated Funds Have Been Obligated, but Little Has Been Delivered -- Funding Process -- Tracking Mérida Funds Is Difficult -- Factors Affecting the Timing of the Funding Process -- Statutory Conditions -- Administrative Procedures -- Institutional Capacity -- Deliverables Have Been Affected by the Time Frames of the Funding Process -- Agency Comments -- Enclosure I. Scope and Methodology -- Enclosure II. Funding Tables by Country and Account -- Enclosure III. Summary of Planned Procurement by Account -- Enclosure IV. Status of Selected MÉrida Initiative Deliverables, by Strategic Objective, as of September 2009 -- Enclosure V. Comments from the Department of State -- GAO Response to Agency Comments -- End Notes -- Chapter Sources -- Index -- Blank Page.

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