Details on delivered and pending Merida Initiative equipment and training

07/14/10
Latin America and the Caribbean
Counternarcotics, U.S. Policy

On May 18, 2010, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana), the Republican minority-party leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a detailed report evaluating U.S. aid to Mexico since the 2007 launch of the Mérida Initiative (download the PDF). This report included a very detailed table of aid that has been delivered, or is pending delivery, through the State Department's International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) program.

We have added the information in these tables to the Just the Facts database (see equipment details for 2009 here and training details for 2009 and 2010 here). Below is a summary of some of the information provided in the report's tables.

Top Ten Most Expensive Equipment to be Delivered to Mexico between 2009 and 2014

  • $150,000,000 for 3 CASA Aircraft to assist the Mexican Navy in maritime interdiction efforts (due to be delivered in Summer 2012)
  • $110,000,000 for 3 UH-60 Helicopters to assist the Mexican Navy in coastal operations (due to be delivered in 2014)
  • $76,500,000 for 3 UH-60 Helicopters for the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) - Federal Police (due to be delivered in 2010)
  • $66,000,000 for 5 Bell 412 Helicopters for the Mexican Army (delivered in 2009)
  • $50,000,000 for 1 CASA Aircraft to assist the Mexican Navy in maritime interdiction efforts (due to be delivered in Winter 2011)
  • $39,000,000 for 2 Bell 412 Helicopters for Mexican Army troop movement in support of counternarcotics operations (due to be delivered in 2010, estimated date of signed contract is August 2010)
  • $28,000,000 for Constanza Software for the Procuraduría General de Justicia (delivered in 2010)
  • $20,000,000 for Mobile Gamma Radiation Trucks. 18 are for the Secretariat of Public Security - Federal Police and 1 for the Mexican Army (due to be delivered in 2010)
  • $15,500,000 ISR Aircraft for the Secretariat of Public Security - Federal Police (due to be delivered in 2011)
  • $10,400,000 for 3 installed X-ray Portal Units for the Customs Agency

Total Dollar Amounts of Pending and Delivered Equipment as of May 2010

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  • Total dollar amount of equipment pending delivery in 2010: $230,985,322
  • Total dollar amount of equipment due to be delivered from 2011-2014: $330,500,000


This table appears in the Committee's report

Total Equipment Pending and Delivered, by Recipient Unit:

  • $261,200,000 - Mexican Navy
  • $129,044,396 - Secretariat of Public Security - Federal Police
  • $106,575,711 - Mexican Army
  • $39,600,000 - National Migration Institute
  • $36,140,271 - Procuraduría General de Justicia
  • $26,101,277 - Customs Agency
  • $16,100,000 - National Security and Investigations Center
  • $6,238,744 - Secretariat of Communications

U.S. Narcotics Affairs Section Capacity Building Events - Top recipient units, 2009 and 2010 combined

  • Secretariat of Public Security - Federal Police: 4,957 trainees (corrections, investigations, and policy & procedure courses)
  • State officials: 75 trainees (anti-kidnapping courses)
  • Customs Agency: 44 trainees (canine courses)