Mexican lawmaker rejects conditions on drug aid; US senator says no 'blank checks'

: A top Mexican lawmaker said Saturday that United Mexican States will reject any U.S. assistance to struggle drug sellers that come ups with conditions.

Mexican congressional talker Babe Ruth Zavaleta said any statuses placed on the assistance would be seen as an violation on Mexican sovereignty.

The Merida Enterprise would supply US$1.4 billion over respective old age to assist Mexico, Central America, the Black Friar Democracy and Republic Of Haiti armed combat drug trafficking. But the U.S. House and Senate have got imposed respective statuses on the aid, including warrants of civilian probes into human rights maltreatments by the Mexican military.

"For the enterprise to be successful our rights must be respected and any purposes to step in in personal business that concern only Mexicans must be set aside," Zavaleta said at the gap of a two-day meeting of U.S. and Mexican lawmakers in the northern metropolis of Monterrey.

The U.S. House and Senate approved different amounts for the first installment of the aid, and the two versions must be reconciled. Both measures drop well short of the US$500 million sought by the disposal of U.S. President Saint George W. Bush. Today on IHT.com

Democratic Sen. Saint Christopher Dodd, of Connecticut, one of 11 U.S. lawmakers at the meeting, said he would oppose an enterprise with no twines attached.

"Neither the United States nor United Mexican States is in the concern of authorship space checks," Dodd said.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon De La Barca have earned strong support from American Capital for his crackdown against drug cartels, carried out by more than than 25,000 military personnel nationwide.

But force have surged as trusts fighting back with increasingly brazen onslaughts against security forces. Last week, a senior police force military officer appealed for more than powerful arms after seven federal military officers were killed in a gunfight with members of the Sinaloa cartel.

The Mexican authorities have said it would wait for a concluding version of the measure before deciding whether to accept the aid.