Trump aid freeze disrupts anti-narcotics program at Mexican ports

Trump aid freeze disrupts anti-narcotics program at Mexican ports

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country's drug cartels, according to eight people familiar with the situation. It’s one of several U.S. counternarcotics efforts in Mexico derailed in recent weeks by the stop-work order.

The freezing of Donald Trump's foreign aid has paralysed a UN drug program in Mexican ports.

State Dept: Freeze Did Not Stall Anti-Narcotics Program in Mexico

The State Department is disputing reports that President Trump’s foreign aid freeze has halted a United Nations program in Mexico designed to prevent imported fentanyl chemicals and other narcotics precursors from reaching the country’s drug cartels.

US Aid Freeze Disrupts Mexican Port Anti-Narcotics Ops

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country's drug cartels…

Donald Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid has paralysed a United Nations program in Mexico that prevents imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country’s drug cartels, according to sources that spoke to Reuters. The freezing of US funding has also stopped future training donations and equipment in Manzanillo, a port that was scheduled to receive additional cargo scanners and drug testing equipment.