UNCLASSIFIED US Department Of State Case No DOC 05 24 2018 W7 CDS RATCZYUW RUEHMEA0723 ZNY ZZH - DTG I 1317132 DEC 11 IAPPEALS PANEL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED FROM FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO CONTROLS MEXICO 000723 SENSITPJE NO-EORN i SENSITNE I STATE FOR INL AND Classi cation Extended on 03l16l2018 Class I TREASURY FOR ENFORCENIENT SECRETARY CONFIDENTIAL Authority DSCG 11-1 DecIassify DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC A0 DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE BODY 13 0 13526 DECL 2021 12 13 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 --DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE 1 OF A MINI-SERIES CLASSIFIED BY KEITH MINES DIRECTOR DOS REASON 1 403 D MERIDA DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS DTI PROGRAM STRENGTHENS THE GOVERNMENT OF GOM JUDICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES BY LIMITING THE ABILITY OF CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS TO ENTER OR REMAIN IN THESE INSTITUTIONS THE DTI EFFORTS FOCUS ON HELPING THE GOM I TO VET POTENTIAL AND CURRENT PUBLIC SECURITY 2 TO ENHANCE INTERNAL CONTROLS BY EQUIPPING UNITS TO CONDUCT SOPHISTICATED UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AND 3 TO EXPAND A POLICE REGISTRY DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY AND ROOT-OUT CORRUPT OFFICERS THIS PROGRAM STARTED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND IS NOW BEGINNING TO EXPAND TO THE STATES IN ADDITION TO REDUCING CORRUPTION THESE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING A CULTURE OF NOFORN CONFIDENTIAL P398 3 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO DOC NO 005289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 'Doc'Nojcos 289765 Date 05 24 2018 LAWFULNESS AND HELPING ENSURE THAT OTHER MERIDA PROGRAMS ARE NOT ASSISTIN BAD ACTORS THIS THREE-PART CABLE MINISERIES PART OF A LARGER CABLE SERIES THAT REVIEWS MERIDA PROGRAMS AT 36 MONTHS OUTLINES THE EFFORTS UNDER MERIDA TO ASSIST THE GOM IN THESE AREAS END SERIES SUMMARY 2 SEE 2009 PUBLIC SECURITY LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL FEDERAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS ADMINISTER A FIVE-PART BACKGROUND CHECK INCLUDING POLYGRAPH TO ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES THE GOM SUPPORTED BY THE MERIDA INITIATIVE HAD BEEN WORKING FEVERISHLY TO COMPLY WITH THIS LAW AND NOW HAS TWO FEDERAL AND FIFTEEN STATE VETTING CENTERS KNOWN IN MEXICO AS DE CDEC CERTIFIED TO ADMINISTER THE TESTS SUPPORTED BY A GROWING CADRE OF POLYGRAPH ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER TESTERS MERIDA HAS DELIVERED 313 POLYGRAPH MACHINES AND OTHER MATERIAL SUPPORT VALUED AT $6 MILLION TO THE CONTROL DE CONFIANZA CENTERS AND HAS ASSISTED WITH THE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE CADRE OF AND TESTERS WHILE CONSOLIDATING THE ADVANCES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THROUGH IT TO ALL STATES MERIDA WILL NOW BEGIN TO CONCENTRATE ON THE FRONT-LINE STATES OF TAMAULIPAS CHIHUAHUA AND NUEVO LEON TO INCREASE THEIR VETTING CAPACITY WHICH REMAINS A KEY BOTTLENECK IN RECRUITING AND TRAINING NEW PERSONNEL As PART OF AN AMBITIOUS INCREASE IN STATE POLICE UNITS 3 CORRUPTION REMAINS A SERIOUS ISSUE PARTICULARLY AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL SUCCESSES INCLUDING THE ARRESTS OF CORRUPT HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PROVE THAT CDEC EFFORTS HAVE ALREADY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY GOM I 1 I I AND MANY GOVERNORS HAVE EXPRESSED SKEPTICISM THAT THEY CAN REACH THE GOAL OF HAVING START OF SECTION 2 ##akie u t ts SENSIIDZE STATE FOR INL AND TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OCIDB OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR E O 13526 DECL 2021 12 13 - NOFORN CONFIDENTIAL Page 9 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005289765 Date 05 24 2018 - UNCLASSIFIED USTOEpartrqehi'of State Case NO F-2012-30697 Doc NO C05289765 Date 05 24 2018 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE I OF A 3 CABLE MINI SERIES ALL PUBLIC SECURITY PERSONNEL VETTED BY JANUARY 2013 SOME JHAVE SUGGESTED THAT 14 0 POLYGRAPHS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ALL PERSONNEL BUT ONLY B1 SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS AND LEADERS BUT FOR NOW THE LAW REMAINS IN PLACE AND PRESIDENT CALDERON HAS EXPRESSED HIS INTENTION TO IMPLEMENT IT WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT END CABLE SUMMARY 4 TO THE MERIDA INITIATIVE THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY EXCLUDE CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS ROM WORKING IN ITS JUDICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS SUFFERED FROM SEVERAL WEAKNESSES UNDER 2009 GENERAL ACT OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY SYSTEM LEY GENERAL DEL SISTEMA NACIONAL DE SEGURIDAD PUBLICA ALL PUBLIC SECURITY INSTITUTIONS-INCLUDING THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY SSP THE ATTORNEY OFFICE PGR THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ANDNATIONAL SECURITY CISEN THE TAX ADMINISTRATION SERVICE SAT AND SOME OFFICES WITHIN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MIGRATION INAMD-MUST ADMINISTER A FIVE-PART EVALUATION TO VET ALL POTENTIAL AND CURRENT EMPLOYEES REFERRED TO AS THE DE PROGRAM THIS FIVE-PART EVALUATION CONSISTS OF A POLYGRAPH TEST A BACKGROUND EXAMINATION A EXAM A DRUG TEST AND A MEDICAL EXAM 5 WELL-INTENTIONED THE POLYGRAPH TEST RESULTS WERE QUESTIONABLE AS POLYGRAPHISTS CONDUCTED MORE EXAMS PER DAY THAN RECOMMENDED AND INTERVIEWED SUBJECTS IN GROUPS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALLY AS REQUIRED TO ENSURE ACCURACY IN ADDITION 33-14 0 POLYGRAPHISTS FROM DIFFERENT GOM AGENCIES RECEIVED TRAINING FROM A VARIETY OF PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD AND LEARNED DIFFERENT TECHNICAL LANGUAGES PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS NOFORN CONFIDENTIAL Page 10 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 Doc No C05289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED us Department of State Case No Date 05 24 2018 WEBER-PHIL GOM EFFORTS TO IMPROVE VETTING 6 331 9 STATES SINCE THE MERIDA INITIATIVE BEGAN THE GOM HAS INVESTED IN VETTING PUBLIC SECURITY PERSONNEL BY ASSISTING THE START OF SECTION 3 SENSITIVE STATE FOR INL AND TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC AO DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR ED 13526 DECL 2021 12 13 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 --DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE 1 OF A 3-CABLE MINI-SERIES STATES IN BUILDING CONTROL DE CONFIANZA CENTERS IN ORDER TO MEET REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE 2009 GENERAL ACT ADDITIONALLY THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SECURITY SNSP WAS DESIGNATED AS THE CDEC CZAR TO DICTATE NATIONAL CDEC POLICY AND TO SUPERVISE FEDERAL AND STATE EACH ONE OF THESE FORTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING CDEC EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR JURISDICTION ASPIRING TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT IN ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING THE CENTERS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION STANDARDS IMPOSED BY THE SNSP THESE STANDARDS FOCUS ON THE ABILITY - AND MECHANISMS USED TO CONDUCT THE VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS SUCH AS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONNEL THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CENTER AND THE QUALITY AND TYPE OF EQUIPMENT USED 7 TO THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INDEPENDENCE THE STATES HAVE UNDER MEXICAN LAW TI-IE RESPONSE TO THE FEDERAL MAN DATE TO CREATE AND CERTIFY THE HAS BEEN MET WITH A MIXED BUT IMPROVING LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AS OF JUNE 201 I ONLY EIGHT OF THE 35 CENTERS HAD BEEN ACCREDITED WHILE TWELVE HAD NOT YET EVEN BEGUN THE PROCESS OF CERTIFICATION HOWEVER BY OCTOBER 2011 FIFTEEN OF THE CENTERS HAD BEEN ACCREDITED AND ONLY TEN HAD NOT YET BEGUN THE PROCESS EVEN THOSE STATES THAT HAVE CERTIFIED CENTERS ESPECIALLY CONFIDENTIAL Page 11 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 Doc No C05289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO NEON-3289765 Date 05 24 2018 SSHFIBEHHAL THE LARGER STATES REALIZE THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY COME UP SHORT IN MEETING THE GOAL TO VET ALL THEIR PERSONNEL AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS AND PRESIDENT CALDERON MANY GOVERNORS ASKED THAT THE I GOAL BE CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR REALITY CALDERON HOWEVER REMAINED FIRM IN HOLDING THEM TO THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE 1 8 9 SSP THE SSP HAS MADE STRIDES IN IMPROVING THEIR VETTING AND 31 CDEC PROCEDURES 9 THE PGR HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES COMBATING CORRUPTION WITHIN ITS ORGANIZATIONJ I PGR HAS APPROXIMATELY 25 000 EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO 3 MAIN B1 AREAS MINISTERIO PUELICO EQUIVALENT TO THE PERITOS POLICE FORENSICS AND API INVESTIGATIVE AND JUDICIAL SECURITY - 1 START OF SECTION 4 SENSITIVE STATE FOR INL AND TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC A0 DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR E O 13526 DECL 2021 12 13 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CONFIDENTIAL Page 12 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 DOC No 005289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED us Department of State Case No 52012 36697 06 615605259765 D'at 35 21 2018 SUBJECT THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 --DEVELOPIN TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE 1 OF A 3-CABLE MOST ADVANCED AND BEST STAFFED IN THE GOM IN ADDITION TO DOING THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT EXAMS PGR CDEC HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY CONDUCTING CDEC EXAMINATIONS ON ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL AND APPROXIIVIATELY 50% OF ALL ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL VETTED FAIL INCLUDING SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL PGR B1 10 CISEN IS THE LEAD AGENCY IN MEXICO IN THE USE OF POLYGRAPH TESTING AND HAS BEEN TASKED WITH OPERATING THE ONLY ACCREDITED SCHOOL TO TRAIN ALL POLYGRAPHISTS ASSIGNED TO GOM FEDERAL i 1 31 1 B1 INAS CONTINUED SUPPORT TO CISEN PRG AND SSP WILL HAVE A VERY POSITIVE TRICKLEDOWN EFFECT INTO THE CDEC CENTERS OF INAMI AND SAT 12 FAR $20 MILLION OF MERIDA FUNDS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED FOR THE VETTING AND TRUST CONTROLS PROGRAM $11 MILLION FROM THE FY08 AND FY09 ALLOTIVIENTS WERE USED TO EQUIP THE FEDERAL OF INAMI SAT CISEN SSP AND PGR AND AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION FROM CONFIDENTIAL page 13 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 Doc No 305289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 Doc No 005289765 Date 05 24 2018 NGFORIH FY10 WENT TOWARDS TRAINING THE OTHER $6 MILLION FROM THE FY10 ALLOTMENT TO THE PROGRAM PROVIDED EQUIPIVIENT AND TRAINING TO THE STATES SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS FUNDING INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF 318 POLYGRAPH INSTRUMENTS VALUED AT OVER $2 3 MILLION AND THE TRAINING OF GOM POLYGRAPHISTS TO IMPROVE PROFESSIONALISM FOR EXAMPLE THE DTI PROGRAM SPONSORED MEXICAN POLYGRAPHISTS TO RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE STANDARD USED BY ALL U S FEDERAL AGENCIES IS HELPING TO DEVELOP ADVANCED TRAINING AND IS FUNDING AN AMERICAN ADVISOR TO PROVIDE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND STATES WITH ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON TESTING AND POLICY MATTERS THE START OF SECTION 5 STATE FOR INL AND TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OIUA0 DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR E O 2021 12 13 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGGV PREL SUBJECT THE NIERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE 1 OF A 3-CABLE MINI-SERIES DTI PROGRAM IS ALSO BEGINNING TO WORK ON ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF THE GOM TO CONDUCT THOROUGH BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS THAT EXAMINE A CANDIDATES PAST BEHAVIOR 13 ARE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ON SCHEDULE TO BEGIN IN JANUARY 2012 THROUGH INTER-AGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH CBP THE GOM HAS PLANS TO REENGINEER THE CURRENT SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT INVESTIGATION AND REPLACE IT WITH A CONCEPT SIMILAR TO THE USG BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THIS INITIATIVE IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 2012 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE GOM HAS REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING INCLUDING A NEW MODEL FOR ADIUDICATING CDEC INVESTIGATIONS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIORAL PROFILES TO PREVENT CORRUPT BEHAVIOR AND ETHICS AND INTEGRITY CAMPAIGNS AND TRAINING ADDITIONALLY BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2012 MERIDA AND CBP ARE AIMING TO DEVELOP DESIGN AND EQUIP A POLYGRAPH THAT WOULD SUPPORT DEPLOYMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE EXAMINATIONS l4 MERIDA A $265 000 GRANT WAS AWARDED TO THE MEXICAN NOFDRN CONFIDENTIAL Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No Doc No 005289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No D c NO C05289765 Date 05 24 2018 NGO EN COMMON CAUSE TO ASSIST WITH ENCOURAGING THE 40 TO REACH ACCREDITATION CAUSA EN COMUN WILL CONDUCT AUDITS AND FOCUS GROUPS WITH GOM AND CIVIL SOCIETY IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE THE PASSING OF LAWS THAT WOULD BE FAVORABLE TO BETTER VETTING AND INTERNAL CONTROLS PROCESSES AND PUBLISH THE STATUS OF CURRENT STATUS - ENHANCED STANDARDS AND CAPACITY 15 SBLD THE GOM NOW HAS UNIFORM TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL POLICIES FOR ALL FEDERAL POLYGRAPHISTS DEVELOPED WITH GUIDANCE FROM THE NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION NAS AS PART OF THE MERIDA INITIATIVE THIS STANDARDIZATION ALONG WITH THE TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE DTI PROGRAM HAS INCREASED THE ACCURACY OF THE POLYGRAPH TESTS AND HAS THEREBY HELPED MINIMIZE THE HIRING OF CORRUPT ACTORS OR THOSE WITH A PROPENSITY TO ENGAGE IN ACTS OF CORRUPTION DOZENS OF GOM POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS ARE ALSO NOW ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF POLICE POLYGRAPHISTS AND THE AMERICAN POLYGRAPHIST ASSOCIATION 16 GINEVERTHELESS THE DEMAND FOR VETTING CURRENTLY EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY OF TRAINED GOM POLYGRAPHISTS RESULTING IN A BOTTLENECK IN 14 9 THE CONTROL DE CONFIANZA PROCESS AND THUS THE STAFFING 0F IAT THE START OF SECTION 6 SENSITIVE STATE FOR INL AND TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY DOJ FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC A0 DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND FOR EO 13526 DECL 2021 12 13 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE 1 OF A 3-CABLE MINI-SERIES SAME TIME WHILE THERE WILL BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE IN MEETING THE GOAL TO HAVE ALL INDIVIDUALS VETTED BY THE JANUARY 2013 DEADLINE CONFIDENTIAL Page 15 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2012-30697 Doc No 005289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED us Department of State Case No riafcds se fss Date 05 24 2018 Ham THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NOW FIFTEEN ACCREDITED CENTERS IN THE STATES AND ANOTHER TWO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE THERE WERE NONE JUST 18 MONTHS AGO CLEARLY INDICATES THE PROGRESS WE AND THE GOM HAVE MADE IN THIS AREA WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS - EXPANSION TO THE STATES l7 SEER-THE SSP PGR CISEN INAMI AND SAT ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE OVER $8 5 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS TO MODERNIZE THEIR CONTROL DE CONFIANZA CENTERS AND EXPEDITE THE EVALUATIONS OF THIS $8 5 MILLION $750 000 HAS ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED OR DONATED $4 4 MILLION HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED AND IS AWAITING FINAL PROCUREMENT APPROVAL AND PURCHASE ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED WORTH ANOTHER $2 MILLION 18 DTI PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO EQUIP AND TRAIN ITS GOM COUNTERPARTS TO ENHANCE THEIR CAPACITY TO ROOT-OUT CORRUPTION AND STRENGTHEN JUDICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN ADDITION THE DTI PROGRAM IS BEGINNING TO WORK WITH THE STATES OF TAMAULIPAS CHIHUAHUA AND NUEVO LEON TO ENHANCE THEIR CAPACITY TO CONDUCT CONTROL DE CONFIANZA EVALUATIONS SPECIFICALLY THE DTI PROGRAM PLANS TO MOBILIZE COMPOSED OF TEN TO TWELVE GOM POLYGRAPHISTS AND THREE U S POLYGRAPHISTS TO HELP BOOST THE NUMBER OF POLYGRAPH TESTS THAT THE CENTERS IN EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE STATES CAN COMPLETE PER MONTH THE US POLYGRAPHISTS WILL ALSO PROVIDE MENTORING TO THE GOM POLYGRAPHISTS THE DTI PROGRAM ALSO SEEKS TO BUILD UPON THE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED AND WILL PROVIDE THE GOM WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING NECESSARY TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS COMPARABLE TO THOSE CONDUCTED IN THE US FOR SOMEONE NEEDING A CLEARANCE TO HANDLE CLASSIFIED MATERIAL THIS BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION DEVELOPMENT MODULE WILL ALSO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE STATES AFTER IT IS IMPLEMENTED AND TESTED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL -- CONCLUSION 19 MERIDA INITIATIVES DEVELOPING TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS DTI PROGRAM IS WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE CORRUPTION WITHIN ITS JUDICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES VETTIN AND BACKGROUND CHECKS OR CONTROL DE CONFIANZA REPRESENT JUST ONE ELEMENT OF A BROADER PLAN TO ASSIST THE GOM IN IMPLEMENTING SOUND PRACTICES THAT CONFIDENTIAL page 15 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc N0 C05289765 Date 05 24 2018 UNCLASSIFIED us Department of State Case No F-2012-36697 fDoc'Nch505289 765 Date 05 24 2018 GQNFIBENIIAL IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE SOURCES OF CORRUPTION THAT ENABLE START OF SECTION 7 SEW STATE FOR INL AND TREASURY FOR ENFORCEMENT SECRETARY FOR DEP ASSIST ATTY GEN FBI DIR FOR OIU CID DEA FOR OD OF OFC A0 DO NPSM CUSTOMS FOR LA OPS AND OR E O 13526 DECL 2021 12 13 TAGS SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SUBJECT THE MERIDA INITIATIVE AT 36 MONTHS MESSAGE 23 TRUSTWORTHY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH IMPROVING GOM VETTING PROCESSES CABLE 1 OF A 3-CABLE MINI-SERIES TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OPERATE BY PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THE MERIDA INITIATIVE IS HELPING THE GOM MAKE SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN IMPROVING THE CONTROL DE CONFIANZA PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO VETTING FUTURE AND CURRENT PUBLIC SECURITY PERSONNEL B1 WAYNE ADIVIIN ET #0723 CONFIDENTIAL page 17 - 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