Money to Fight Drug Gangs Is Released to Mexico

Posted on December 3, 2008 by mexicoinstitute

The New York Times, 12/3/2008

The United States formally released on Wednesday the first part of a $400 million aid package to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, a sign of how much more involved the United States is becoming in Mexico’s brutal drug war. The agreement signed here makes almost $200 million available for different programs to strengthen Mexico’s law enforcement agencies, treat drug addiction and upgrade the judiciary.

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