House panel criticizes Latin America anti-drug plan



 
House panel criticizes Latin America anti-drug plan


Members say that Bush's $1.4-billion Merida Initiative focusing on Mexico would spend money unwisely, that supplies could be misused, and that Congress should have been involved in planning.



President Bush's proposal to send $1.4 billion worth of equipment to Mexico and six South American nations to combat drug cartels was met with hostility from members of a House committee that examined the plan for the first time Wednesday.

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News entry number 3341 added on Nov 15, 2007 in the Politics category.

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