The U.S. State Department finally takes a stand, after taking flack last year for side-stepping the issue. However, this raises issues with Mexico, as the article reports.
U.S. Withholds Millions in Mexico Antidrug Aid - NYTimes.com The United States will withhold about $26 million promised for Mexico’s drug war because of concerns that the country has not done enough to protect its people from police and military abuse. Sept. 3, 2010.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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