Government Reports
An official review of what went wrong with the "Fast and Furious" scandal, in which officials allowed straw purchasers to bring guns from the United States into Mexico to track arms-trafficking activity, but lost track of the guns.
A bipartisan group of Senators calls for more U.S. assistance "as enforcement efforts in Mexico and Central America inevitably move trafficking back to the Caribbean."
An annual report estimating worldwide arms sales: the largest sellers and buyers, sales by region, and similar information.
Auditors document counter-drug aid given to all five Andean countries from all sources, and fault the Defense Department for inadequate reporting of its results.
The State Department's certification that Honduras is implementing policies to protect freedom of expression and due process, and investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses in the civilian justice system. This certification frees up 20 percent of U.S. security assistance to Honduras.
The nominee to head U.S. Southern Command answers questions submitted by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Recommends that the Mérida Initiative aid package to Mexico be increased and focused on building police and judicial capacities.
As a condition of spending funds for its Central America Regional Security Initiative package of military and economic aid, the State Department had to submit a plan for how these funds would be spent.
An explanation of recent trends in Mexico's criminal violence, discussing the current configuration of groups and how to classify them (cartels, transnational criminal organizations, insurgents etc.). An appendix compares Colombia and Mexico.
Covers recent trends in Mexican migration to the United States, and U.S. laws that apply.
Budget request for the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement program.
A report on the State Partnership Program's activities, and an evaluation of its effectiveness and management.
This report describes the criminal network of Transnational Organized Crime and the operational framework that USSOUTHCOM can implement to counter TOC. The economic and social impacts to US citizen safety are also explored.
Country-by-country reports submitted to Congress by the Secretary of State on the actions taken by the U.S. Government to encourage respect for human rights.
A report detailing any United States funding, assistance or other support for the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, its officials, employees, affiliates and contractors during the period 2002 through 2010, including but not limited to training, equipment, information sharing, technical assistance, and facilities construction.
OAM did not meet its national performance goal to fulfill greater than 95 percent of Border Patrol air support requests and did not provide higher rates of support in locations designated as high priority based on threats
An overview of Defense Department Humanitarian Assistance programs managed by DSCA.
Product of a White House effort "to compile a picture of the latest cocaine trafficking trends based on the data we have available." Some useful graphics.
State and DOD's ability to assess IMET's effectiveness is limited by several weaknesses in program monitoring and evaluation
The cost of an increased DOD role to help achieve operational control over the southwest land border is determined largely by the legal status and mission of military personnel being used, specifically whether military personnel are responding under Title 32 or Title 10 of the United States Code.