Black Hawk

Under the Mérida Initiative, Mexico received three billion dollars worth of American aid to fight the drug gangs, including training and Black Hawk helicopters.

A fatal crash in Washington DC left 67 people dead when an American Airlines regional jet collided mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter.

The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in Somalia.

In October 1993, Aidid's forces shot down two Black Hawk helicopters, killing 18 American soldiers and causing hundreds of Somali casualties — the scenario depicted in the book and film “Black Hawk Down.”

It includes enhanced co-ordination with US law enforcement, increased information sharing, limiting traffic at the border, and the deployment of drones and Black Hawk helicopters for surveillance.