You thought “Plan Merida” had something to do with drugs? Yeah, right!
Nancy Conroy, at the Gringo Gazette, is the only person I’ve seen who is paying attention to this:
The United States and Mexico recently unveiled a new $1.4 billion anti-drug aid package that aims to help Mexico fight the drug cartels. Although most commentators have applauded the goals of the program, one troubling aspect of the aid package seems to have escaped public notice. Apparently, the appropriation program calls for the use of private contractors to help Mexico fight drug dealers.
…With private contractors as part of the deal, the $1.4 billion dollar aid package could begin to look like a Trojan Horse strategy. Under the guise of a generous gift to Mexico, whoever controls the private contractors could be cleverly inserting their shady operatives into key anti-drug enforcement positions. The Gringo drug dealers operating in Mexico used to be corrupt elements of the CIA and the DEA, but now maybe the mercenaries are the new kids in town.
Los Zetas… Blackwater… what’s the diff?
mexfiles.net 
I used to work for Nancy when I lived in the Baja. She knows her stuff.