United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-06-12 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:T-NSIAD-96-182 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182 P0b002ee1803928fc f:ns96182t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182 T-NSIAD-96-182 Narcotics Law enforcement Foreign governments Interagency relations International cooperation Foreign policies Drug trafficking Political corruption Search and seizure Mexico Colombia F-15 Aircraft UH-1H Helicopter National Drug Control Strategy F-5 Aircraft Testimony NSIAD GAO discussed counternarcotics activities in Mexico, focusing on: (1) the nature of the drug-trafficking threat from Mexico; (2) Mexican government efforts to counter drug-trafficking activities; and (3) recent initiatives by the United States and Mexico to increase counternarcotics activities. GAO noted that: (1) U.S. and Mexican drug interdiction efforts have had little, if any, impact on the flow of illegal drugs from Mexico to the United States; (2) the amount of cocaine seized and the number of drug-related arrests have significantly declined since 1992; (3) widespread corruption, economic difficulties, and inadequate equipment and personnel training have hampered Mexico's capabilities to detect and interdict drug traffickers; (4) a substantial amount of Mexico's resources have been focused on economic concerns; (5) U.S. counternarcotics assistance has declined by 43 percent since 1992; (6) U.S. policy decisions and reductions in the counternarcotics program have also affected Mexican and U.S. drug control efforts; (7) Mexico lacks some important legislative tools for curbing drug-related activities; (8) drug interdiction funding declined from $1 billion in fiscal year (FY) 1992 to about $570 million in FY 1995; and (9) although staffing cutbacks have limited U.S. ability to monitor counternarcotics assistance to Mexico, the United States and Mexico have created a framework for increased cooperation and are developing a new binational drug control strategy. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182/html/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182.pdf GAO/T-NSIAD-96-182 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-96-182 Testimony GAO/T-NSIAD-96-182; Drug Control: Observations on Counternarcotics Efforts in Mexico; Narcotics Law enforcement Foreign governments Interagency relations International cooperation Foreign policies Drug trafficking Political corruption Search and seizure Mexico Colombia F-15 Aircraft UH-1H Helicopter National Drug Control Strategy F-5 Aircraft