During the 5th Summit of the Americas in April 2009 , the leaders of several Caribbean nations stated to a group of U.S. congressmen that they have a desire to join the Mérida Initiative , as a crackdown in Mexico could push drug traffickers ' operations into their island nations . This directly led to the formation of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative ( CBSI ) as a complement of the Mérida Initiative
5th Summit of the Americas
5th Summit of the Americas
Mérida Initiative