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LatinNews Daily - 07 October 2016
Mexico receives political boost from the US
Development: On 6 October, US State Department spokesman John Kirby told international media that the US government had authorised the release of US$5m in funds from the Mérida Initiative joint regional security programme earmarked for Mexico, which had been withheld last year over concerns about the Mexican authorities failure to improve the human rights situation in the country.
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