Millions wasted in relief to Mexico; web of bureaucracy, corruption, misguided good will thwarts humanitarian efforts.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 6, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

As Mexico suffers through its worst economic breakdown in six decades, millions of dollars in U.S. charitable aid to its people is being squandered.

In a five-month investigation tracking cash, goods and services from U.S. non-profits to Mexico, the Mercury News found an Alice-in-Wonderland world where some groups resort to smuggling food and medicine across the border while others ship junk by the truckload to people who don't want it. Useful aid is stymied by cultural misunderstandings, Mexican red tape and corruption.

The investigation also found that Mexico is driving away ...

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