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Title

  • Main Title U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Mérida Initiative and Beyond

Creator

  • Author: Ribando Seelke, Clare
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Latin American Affairs
  • Author: Finklea, Kristin
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Domestic Security

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2016-01-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report begins with a brief discussion of security challenges in Mexico and Mexico's security strategy. It then provides information on congressional funding and oversight of the Mérida Initiative, with details about each of the program's four pillars. The report concludes by raising policy issues that Congress may wish to consider.
  • Physical Description: 31 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Border patrols
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Criminal justice
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Drugs and crime
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Narcotic laws
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Drug abuse
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Federal law enforcement officers
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: International affairs
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Foreign relations -- Mexico -- U.S.

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States
  • Place Name: Mexico
  • Place Name: Central America and Caribbean

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R41349
  • Accession or Local Control No: R41349_2016Jan05
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc824428
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