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U.S.-Mexico Military Cooperation: From WWII to the Merida Initiative

U.S.-Mexico Military Cooperation: From WWII to the Merida Initiative

Posted 12 October 2010 | By | Categories: Central America, Integration & Trade, Mexico & Border, Militarization, The Drug War, U.S.-Latin America relations | No Comments

Despite a long history of military confrontation between Mexico and the United States throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Mexico initiated a policy of military cooperation with the United States when World War II broke out that prevailed throughout the early 1940s.