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The administration of Felipe Calderón received from 2007 to 2010, 1 000 777 million dollars as "donation" of the United States only for training of Mexican troops in the war on drugs and terrorism, some 21 thousand 700 million pesos.

This amount exceeds the resources for the Merida Initiative, which in the same period amounted to 1 billion 300 million dollars authorized by the U.S. Congress. This initiative aims to "provide technical expertise and assistance to Mexico for the professionalization of the police, judicial and prison reform, the strengthening of information technology, infrastructure development, border security and promoting a culture of legality "reports the U.S. Embassy.

As for the "donation" by 1 000 777 million dollars, the U.S. federal government accounted for as costs for the provision of more training programs of 6 000 troops of the Mexican Armed Forces and public security.

This expense places Mexico as the second most "supported" by the government of George Walker Bush and Barack Obama. This, without a national security policy defined in Mexico, say experts.

Among the programs funded from 2007 to date, are International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement), Foreign Military Financing (Foreign Military Financing), Counter-Terrorism Financing (Combat Support Terrorism), and Export Control and Border Security (Export Control and Border Security).

Managed organizations compiled by U.S. Center for International Policy, Latin America Working Group Education Fund and Washington Office on Latin America, presented at the Internet portal Just the Facts - data are based on official U.S. State Department.

Contrary to the figures reported by U.S., Mexican official reports indicate that in the context of combating drug trafficking, the Calderón government has sent only about 628 military personnel for training abroad. Senior commanders and military means have traveled to train that country, Germany, England, Switzerland, Argentina, Belize, Canada and Colombia, among others.

Integrate with the "enemy"

The resources provided by the U.S. government so far Calderon mean period, 80 percent of the total "donated" to asiestramiento since the National Action Party came to power in December 2000.

retired Gen. Samuel Lara Villa-president Federation of Retired Military General Francisco J Mujica, AC, said that, d ince World War II ended, the United States aims to integrate the Mexican Armed Forces as part of its armed wing. To do this, he has worked to change the national mission of the Army. "I saw it with colleagues who would be made there and returned with the idea of \u200b\u200ba continental army, after all, would be under American management.

This, he adds, "is not suitable for our national security in any way, as they were abandoning national security strategies, such as the territorial organization and modus operandi of our troops.

"Mexico has no more enemies than it is to the north. The U.S. imperialist domination has on Latin America is a fact. Recent governments have become knees to the provisions and intentions of Americans, "notes the general .

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