Merida Initiative Under Scrutiny Following Clinton’s Visit to Mexico https://nacla.org/node/6530

In March a high-octane U.S. delegation went to Mexico that included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and several military, security, and intelligence officials to negotiate phase two of the Merida Initative, a multi-billion dollar U.S. military and police aid package to Mexico.

Officials claim that this new phase will be a reformed version of the original, focusing less on military support and more on curbing drug demand in the United States. However, beneath the rhetoric, the military strategy continues to be the number one priority, as Mexican soldiers learn from U.S. military personnel counter-insurgency tactics used in Iraq and Afghanistan, "where the enemy lives among civilians."