Night vision equipment, bulletproof vests and metal scanners were part of the equipment received by Belize as part of the U.S. government’s Mérida Initiative in
January, reported Belizean newspaper The Guardian. The Mérida Initiative is a multiyear
regional effort to strengthen the capacities of the governments in Central America,
Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti to fight organized narcotics trafficking
organizations in the region. The equipment also included cameras, binoculars, metal
detectors, video projectors, computers, flashlights and Global Positioning System
receivers. This equipment will be distributed to more than 20 branches of the Belize
Police Department and the Belize Central Prison, the newspaper reported.
Belize Benefits from Mérida Initiative
January 01, 2010