Thread: US drug package to help Mexico find fake passports

US drug package to help Mexico find fake passports

The Associated Press 3:00 p.m. December 17, 2008

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has a new specialized laboratory to detect fake immigration documents thanks to a U.S. anti-drug aid package.
The laboratory inside the offices of Mexico's National Migration Institute in Mexico City is the first of 60 that also will include photo and fingerprint databases.

Immigration Commissioner Cecilia Romero and U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza announced the lab on Wednesday. It will be paid for with a portion of the $1.3 billion U.S. anti-drug package known as the Merida Initiative.
The U.S. on Dec. 3 released $197 million of the funds, which are

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Gee, what could possibly go wrong when we give Mexico access to our ID data bases?

The can then check any name to see if it has a criminal history and use the "clean" names for their fake IDs.