Democrats wrong on cutting Mexican anti-drug aid From: miamiherald.com
Tagged: border, Mexico, policePosted on: May 12th, 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 noise as possible about the Bush administration’s Mérida Initiative, a request for $500 million to help Mexico fight its drug cartels. They hoped to pass it quietly, fearing that a high-profile debate would stir up political passions on both sides of the border and kill the proposal.
But with drug war violence in Mexico escalating to record levels in recent memory, that’s changing fast.”*
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Filed Under: Election 2008, Politics
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