William R. Brownfield: “I did not intend to be the first INL Assistant Secretary to deemphasize Latin America programs. I meant it then. I mean…”

I do believe that the federal Government of Mexico today has far better, more professional, better trained and equipped institutions than they did at the start of the Merida Initiative 7 or 8 years ago.

We must not forget that one of the parties to the accord has been designated for years as a foreign terrorist organization.

I, in fact, do believe the United States of America is confronting a nationwide heroin crisis.

Implementation of an effective counternarcotics plan for Colombia is more important now than ever.