Rice says Mexico should soon receive $400 million anti-drug aid
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that Mexico should soon have a $400 million US aid package to help fight drug cartels.
The three-year Merida Initiative has been stalled as the Bush administration verifies to Congress that Mexico is meeting basic human rights and other international standards.
But Rice told Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa that the verification process should be resolved soon.
The Mexican government has urged the US to release the money approved by Congress in June, saying it needs to buy planes and provide training to police and soldiers fighting a violent, national campaign against the world's most powerful drug cartels.
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