Thread: U.S. drops $1 billion into Mexican hands

US to launch $1bn ‘Plan Mexico’
By Adam Thomson in San José, Costa Rica

Published: October 7 2007 19:53 | Last updated: October 7 2007 19:53

The US intends to supply Mexico with a $1bn aid package to help combat an increasingly costly and violent war against drugs, according to a top Mexican diplomat.

The agreement, which some experts have dubbed â€