Congress trims Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico

                   
reuters.com     May 16, 2008            

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels. The so-called Merida initiative -- which Bush proposed last October as a three-year $1.4... [read full story]                

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Andres Oppenheimer: Politics of Mexican anti-drug aid

sacbee.com     May 13, 2008          

The murder of the acting chief of Mexico's federal police amid an unprecedented wave of drug gang attacks on security officials will soon become a major issue in the U.S. presidential candidates' escalating war for Hispanic votes. ... Until now, Republicans and Democrats...                

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Democrats wrong on Mexican aid

signonsandiego.com     May 13, 2008          

The murder of the acting chief of Mexico's federal police amid an unprecedented wave of drug gang attacks on security officials will soon become a major issue in the U.S. presidential candidates' escalating war for Hispanic votes. Until now, Republicans and Democrats had tried to make as little...                

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Congress cuts back Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico

alertnet.org     May 15, 2008          

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels. The so-called Merida initiative -- which Bush proposed last October as a three-year...                

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Congress cuts back Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico

reuters.com     May 15, 2008          

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels. The so-called Merida initiative -- which Bush proposed last October as a three-year $1.4...                

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U.S. Congress trims Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico

alertnet.org     May 16, 2008          

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels. The so-called Merida initiative -- which Bush proposed last October as a...                

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Texas Republicans wary of Bush's plans for Mexico

chron.com     May 16, 2008          

By RICHARD S. DUNHAM and STEWART M. POWELL WASHINGTON — President Bush's attempt to win $560 million in aid this year to assist Mexico's anti-narcotics efforts has run into a rebellion from some Texas Republicans worried about corruption, inefficiency and now defections among Mexican police...                

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