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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says, under the Meridia initiative, three years ago the US government pledged over a billion to dollars to help Mexico fight the drug cartels but the US has only spent a very small percent of the amount pledged to do that.
"A new GAO study concludes the government has only spent 9% of the aid it promised to equip and train police in Mexico. And the report says the State Department has no effective way of measuring if the money is making a difference."
U.S. drug money pledge mostly unfulfilled | Fox 11 | KMSB Tucson | National News (http://www.fox11az.com/news/national/US-drug-money-pledge-mostly-unfulfilled-99050509.html - broken link)
The above link is to the story. I'm sure the whole report is on the GAO website.
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