DENNIS
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From the land of "Guns and Users."
Embassy News & Info U.S. Citizen Services Visas to the U.S. Policy & Issues Resources B. Franklin Library Español
President Obama Signs Supplemental Budget, Increasing Merida Initiative Funding for Mexico to $1.12 Billion
Mexico City, June 25, 2009 – Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed into law a Supplemental Appropriations Act that includes $420 million in funding
for the Merida Initiative in Mexico. This brings funding for the Merida Initiative in Mexico to $1.12 billion, including the $400 million in the
FY2008 budget and the $300 million in the FY2009 budget.
The Merida funding in the Supplemental Appropriations Act contains $260 million in Foreign Military Financing funds and $160 million in International
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement funds. These funds will be used to deepen the cooperation between the United States and Mexico and strengthen
our efforts to overcome the threat of organized crime and drug trafficking.
In addition to this funding for the Merida Initiative, the Supplemental Appropriations Act also provided funding to several U.S. law enforcement
agencies to bolster their capacity to combat organized crime, drug trafficking, and arms smuggling. These funds include: an additional $10 million
for the U.S. Marshal Service to be used along the U.S.-Mexico border and for programs to apprehend fugitives; $20 million for the Drug Enforcement
Administration; and $10 million for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to be used for upgraded ballistics evidence sharing
equipment and to supplement the funding for Project Gunrunner firearms trafficking control efforts.
Please see the Embassy’s fact sheet on the Merida Initiative for more information on the program and its implementation: http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/eataglance_Merida_Initiative...
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Russ
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Does that mean that each expat gave Mexico about $500,000? That's buys a lot of Tecate!
I really hope these funds help do the job they are meant for.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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sancho
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The only one I can remember that has
had any success in Mex dealing with
criminals, was one 'Dog Chapman',
take the Dog down and turn
him loose
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rpleger
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I dont think DOG is coming to México soon as he would end up in jail....What a clown...
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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805gregg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
I dont think DOG is coming to México soon as he would end up in jail....What a clown... |
Come on he has such cool hair.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
I dont think DOG is coming to México soon as he would end up in jail....What a clown... |
-----a rather rich "clown", tho. 
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MrBillM
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Good News for the Chinese..............
...................and the other Foreign Gun Runners.
AND, US ?
IF they're successful at dramatically cutting back on any U.S. guns going South (not likely), the purchasing from the foreign sources where they get
their RPGs, Heavy-Machine guns, etc will take up the slack, BUT the BS about us supplying their guns will be gone.
BUT, that won't stop them from coming up with some other excuse for attacking Gun Rights.
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toneart
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They need to send it with a CIA agent/courier/CPA bean counter, to stay with it until all the funds are disbursed. Get receipts too. Take photos.
Send CNN with him to make a documentary showing precisely how these funds are turning the corner on the so called "War on Drugs".
Throwing our taxpayer money at it ain't gonna get it done. (Jeeze, I'm sounding like a Republican. I may even join a "Teabag Party". (Gag)
I am sure not liking the trend Obama is establishing when it comes to decisions. I have to hold out hope that he has a Master Plan that will take time
to make it all work out. I did vote for him.
I'm with Russ. I'd rather have the Tecate.
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