VOA标准英语--梅里达倡议与墨西哥联合打击毒品犯罪

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This month, the U.S. government donated to the Government of Mexico security forces nearly $900,000 of specialized¹ personal protective equipment, including coveralls, gloves and masks that will help Mexico to safely dismantle² and destroy clandestine³ narcotics⁴ labs, and disrupt the flow of heroin⁵ and methamphetamine to the United States. The equipment will be distributed to Mexican security forces along the Pacific coast, where the majority of the dangerous clandestine drug labs in Mexico are located.

This equipment donation, announced March 10, under the Merida Initiative, is part of the extensive bilateral⁶ collaboration⁷ between the United States and Mexico to counter the transnational criminal organizations and their manufacture and distribution of drugs and precursor⁸ chemicals by transnational criminal organizations.

The U.S. government also provides training on how to investigate and safely dismantle clandestine laboratory sites. U.S. government personnel share information with Mexican government counterparts including the Mexican military, Attorney General's Office, the Federal Police , the Federal Commission for the Regulation of Hazardous⁹ Materials (COFEPRIS), and Customs.

The Merida Initiative is a partnership¹⁰ between the United States and Mexico to support the Mexican government's effort to disrupt criminal organizations and strengthen the rule of law. Through eight years of implementation¹¹, the Merida Initiative has greatly enhanced cooperation between the United States and Mexico. It has provided tangible¹² support to Mexico's law enforcement and judicial¹³ institutions, helped to counteract¹⁴ the illegal trade in narcotics, and strengthened border security. To date, the Merida Initiative has delivered $1.6 billion in equipment, training, and capacity building support to the government of Mexico.

The U.S. government remains¹⁵ committed to working with the government of Mexico to enhance its ability to confront the shared challenge posed by organized crime and drug trafficking.