Posted on 01/27/2017 9:21:35 AM PST by BradtotheBone
Mexican Sen. Armando Pitter told MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio Friday that Mexico will stop cooperating with the United States’ counter-terrorism efforts if President Trump does indeed build a wall along the United States’ southern border.
Pitter, and other Mexican lawmakers, will reportedly meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Pinieto Friday afternoon to discuss “the possible course of action.”
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Unh, haven’t WE been fighting their terrorism for them?
How could we tell the difference?
Will they also hold their breath until they turn purple? Do they promise?
They’ve been fighting terror?
THE MERIDIA INITIATIVE----The U.S. Congress has now authorized $1.6 USD billion for the three-year initiative (2007–2010). The U.S. Congress approved $465 million in the first year, which includes $400 million for Mexico and $65 million for Central America, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. For the second year, Congress approved $300 million for Mexico and $110 million for Central America, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. A FY09 supplemental appropriation is providing an additional $420 million for Mexico; and $450 million for Mexico and $100 million for Central America has been requested for FY10.[21]
Only about $204 million of that, however, will be earmarked for the Mexican military for the purchase of eight used transport helicopters and two small surveillance aircraft. No weapons are included in the plan.[22][23][24] The bill requires that $73.5 million of the $400 million for Mexico must be used for judicial reform, institution-building, human rights and rule-of-law issues. The bill specifies that 15% of the funds will be dependent on Mexico making headway in four areas relating to human-rights issues, and on which the U.S. Secretary of State will have to report periodically to Congress.[25][26]
An additional $65 million was granted for the Central American countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama); the House also included Haiti and the Dominican Republic in this bill for Central America, which is a comprehensive public security package that seeks to tackle citizen insecurity in Central America by more effectively addressing criminal gangs, improving information sharing between countries, modernizing and professionalizing the police forces, expanding maritime interdiction capabilities, and reforming the judicial sector in order to restore and strengthen citizens’ confidence in those institutions.[27]
Much of the US funding will go toward the purchase of aircraft, surveillance software, and other goods and services produced by U.S. private defense contractors.
According to U.S. State Department officials, 59% of the proposed assistance will go to civil agencies responsible for law enforcement, and 41% to operational costs for the Mexican Army and Mexican Navy. While the initial cost for equipment and hardware that the military required is high, it is expected that future budget requests will focus increasingly on training and assistance to civil agencies.
With the Mérida Initiative set to expire on September 30, 2010, the U.S. State Department has proposed a major renewal and expansion of the program. If approved, starting in 2011, $310 million would be granted to Mexico, another $100 million for the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), and $79 million for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).[29]
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EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED INCLUDES: Bell 412 helicopter CASA CN-235 transport aircraft. Colt AR-15 A3 Tactical Carbine AK-47 M4 Carbine with grenade launcher.
The Mérida Initiative will provide funding for:[30][31] Non-intrusive inspection equipment such as ion scanners, gamma ray scanners, X-ray vans and canine units for Mexico and Central America.
Technologies to improve and secure telecommunications systems that collect criminal information in Mexico. Technical advice and training to strengthen the institutions of justice, case management software to track investigations through the system, new offices of citizen complaints and professional responsibility, and witness protection programs to Mexico.
Thirteen Bell 412 EP helicopters (5 with INCLE funds for the Federal Police and 8 with FMF funds for the military). Eleven UH-60 Black Hawk transport helicopters (three with INCLE funds for the Federal Police and 5 with FMF funds for the Mexican Air Force, and three for the Mexican Navy.[32]) Four CASA CN-235 transport aircraft.
One Reconnaissance Dornier 328JET Equipment, training and community action programs in Central American countries to implement anti-gang measures and expand the reach of these measures. (hat tip---Wikipedia)
Just for that, the WALL might end up even 10 feet higher.
Another delusional liberal Mexican idiot. With a wall the terrorists will be stuck in Mexico. Stop fighting them? That’ll work out just fine...
So Mexico will host these terrorists on their soil indefinitely?
Wonder how that will work out for them?
After crude oil export sales, remittances sent home by Mexicans working in the United States are Mexico’s second largest source of foreign income.
They export people for their own profit. Our two governments have a very sick arrangement that hides behind kindness but hurts real people.
What a juvenile comment.
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“They have plenty of terrorism in their own country thanks to the Cartels”
Which is where much of our Mexican foreign aid goes. They say they will stop fighting, no problemo, they wont need the foreign aid and the wall is instantly “paid for by Mexico”.
Mexican drug cartels are reading this post and laughing their butts off.
Let’s send Mexico a BILL for WRONGFUL DEATH damages for the 50,000 heroin deaths of Americans we sustain every year now.
If they refuse to make us whole for the death and destruction from Mexican heroin, let’s confiscate all Mexican-manufactured products entering the United States and apply it to our damages.
For starters.
tit for tat only works if you have a tit or a tat.
sorry Mexico, your fresh out.
I don’t think they’re very effective in fighting terrorism as it is, we’ve caught several ME folks entering through the Mexican border, terror groups reportedly sometimes work with cartels and they have training camps near the border.
This actual sounds like a threat that Mexico will side with terrorists. Time to send in the national guard?
Judging by the power the cartels have in Mexico, it’s obvious that the government there never started fighting terrorism.
I’m in complete agreement with this politician. Mexico should start looking after Mexico. They’ve got enough problems to keep themselves busy for quite a while.
Did I miss something? Does this mean they will require increased bribes from the cartels?
When did they start?
Like you are fighting terrorism now, Mehico?
Don’t July to me.
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