Whack-a-mole: U.S. drug war aid slow to reach Mexico

The moles are ever so much faster than the mole whackers.

U.S. drug war aid slow to reach Mexico - UPI.com: "The United States has spent only about half of $1.5 billion promised to Mexico for equipment and training to help combat ongoing drug violence, officials said.

Bureaucratic problems have hampered the so-called Merida Initiative since its inception in 2008 with only 59 percent of the pledged U.S. spending completed, an accounting by the State Department found."