As of March 2016 , the US Congress is continuing to fund and oversee the Mérida Initiative and related domestic initiatives . Congress provided $ 139 million in Mérida Initiative accounts in the FY2016 and is now considering the Obama Administration 's FY2017 budget request of $ 129 million for the Mérida Initiative . The Mexican government is under pressure , however , to comply with recommendations on preventing torture and forced disappearances . There have been ongoing concerns about the human rights records of Mexico 's military and police , particularly given the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping involving allegations of their involvement in torture , enforced disappearances , and extrajudicial killings
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
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