# International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

**Agency:** State  
**Account:** International Security Assistance  
**Source document:** Foreign Operations · p. 94  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/state/international-narcotics-control-and-law-enforcement  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 1,285.0 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 1,400.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 1,200.0 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## State discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $23.50B, FY2026 $31.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

1 The FY 2025 Estimate total excludes $115.0 million in emergency funding that was not designated as emergency by the The Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) advances America's safety, security, and prosperity by countering crime and illegal drugs abroad, particularly through implementation of the INCLE appropriation. After a strategic pause in the FY 2026 President's Budget, the FY 2027 request reestablishes a baseline for the INCLE account at $1.2 billion, which will further Administration priorities outlined in the National Security Strategy and the Department's Agency Strategic Plan. INL's strategic priorities include degrading transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs); disrupting U.S.-bound illicit drug flows, especially fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine; and expanding U.S. advantage and access in regions critical to national security. With FY 2027 resources, INCLE programs will strengthen the ability of U.S. partners to disrupt the illicit revenue streams and operational networks that TCOs and FTOs depend upon. These programs will deliver measurable results that directly reduce threats to the United States through a multi-pronged approach. INL will reduce the flow of illicit drugs into American communities by degrading TCO and FTO production of drugs destined for U.S. markets through programs to increase partner detection and interdiction at key trafficking nodes and enhance forensic drug testing capabilities to identify emerging drug trends. In addition, INL will expand U.S. access and influence in countries important to U.S. national security and position the United States as the security partner of choice by strengthening key partners' border security and maritime domain awareness, improving foreign law enforcement cyber capabilities, and providing trusted U.S. technologies to foreign partners over untrusted alternatives. INCLE programs will also serve as a critical enabler for U.S. federal law enforcement agencies - as well as U.S. state and local law enforcement - by leveraging their expertise to train and equip foreign counterparts, which in turn drives cooperation that leads to arrests, extraditions, and prosecutions of Western Hemisphere-based cartels and other TCO and FTO operatives responsible for manufacturing and trafficking deadly drugs into American communities. Across the Western Hemisphere ($535 million), INL will fund programs, including many implemented by U.S. law enforcement agencies, to provide foreign partners with the technical expertise, training, and equipment to detect and disrupt illicit drug trafficking, alien smuggling to the United States, and counter malign interference in foreign partner territory. In Mexico, INL will help the government degrade and dismantle the operations of narco-terrorist cartels designated as FTOs and other linked TCOs through support of vetted units, enhanced counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) capabilities, and strengthened border security. In Central America, INCLE programs in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala will help those countries degrade TCOs/FTOs by strengthening border security, interdicting drugs, facilitating arrests and extraditions of criminals, and supporting law enforcement to address the crime and narco-terrorism that increase illegal immigration to the United States. INL will also support counter-surveillance and transnational threat monitoring to counter Murillo-Ortega dictatorship efforts to undermine security throughout the region, including beyond Nicaragua's borders. Other INCLE assistance for Central America may be provided to: Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama. In the Caribbean, INL will help governments degrade narco-terrorist cartels and TCOs/FTOs by strengthening regional efforts to counter illicit narcotics and firearms trafficking, detect and interdict U.S.-bound synthetic drugs, strengthen accountability and criminal deterrence, and enhance border security to disrupt U.S.-bound illegal immigration. In Haiti, INL will bolster the Haitian National Police's efforts to combat gang and FTO violence, fight drug and firearms trafficking, and improve security to avoid mass migration to the United States and criminal threats close to U.S. borders. Other assistance may be Trinidad and Tobago. In South America, INL will seize a generational opportunity to strengthen ties with the wave of new pro-U.S. governments to expand law enforcement and counternarcotics cooperation, to reinforce the United States as the security partner of choice, counter emerging regional threats from TCOs, FTOs, and address production and trafficking of narcotics and precursor chemicals. In Colombia, INL will focus on core counternarcotics, counter-transnational organized crime, and criminal deterrence priorities, including support for associated aviation platforms. Other assistance may be provided to: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Bilateral and regional funds will support aviation programs in of illicit crops, and pursuits of high-value targets. In East Asia and the Pacific ($90.7 million), INCLE-funded programs will strengthen maritime law enforcement and U.S. interoperability with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and the Pacific Island countries to counter Chinese Communist Party efforts to dominate the South China Sea and South Pacific at the expense of American national security. Southeast Asia counternarcotics programs will combat synthetic drug production and trafficking, limit trans-Pacific drug trafficking tied to Western Hemisphere- based cartels, and address Chinese-origin precursor chemicals fueling the U.S. fentanyl crisis. Programs will also strengthen partners' capacity to investigate and dismantle online scam networks that target and defraud Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, and the Pacific Island countries. In Europe and Eurasia ($85.1 million), INL programs will strengthen partner cooperation with U.S. law enforcement, help governments disrupt TCOs tied to Western Hemisphere cartels, bolster money laundering investigations and other financial crimes with a direct U.S. nexus, and counter cybercrime victimizing Americans online. Assistance may be provided to: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and other countries in Europe and Eurasia. Support to Ukraine will enable Ukrainian law enforcement partners to maintain law and order upon a ceasefire; continue support for C-UAS; increase their ability to counter illicit trafficking of drugs, migrants, and arms in partnership with U.S. law enforcement; and combat financial crimes, bribery, and corrupt procurement practices, unleashing investment opportunities for U.S. businesses in Ukraine. In the Middle East ($36 million), INCLE-funded programming will strengthen the capacity of security forces and judicial actors in Lebanon and the West Bank to counter Hizballah, Hamas, and other FTOs, as well as combat the trafficking of synthetic drugs that generate revenue for these groups. INL efforts will promote regional stability and cooperation, counter FTO influence, and protect U.S. interests by providing technical assistance, equipment, and facilitating regional dialogues. In North Africa, INL will train and equip corrections and law enforcement actors in Tunisia and Morocco to counter TCO and FTO threats, as well as elevate Morocco as the regional leader for law enforcement and criminal justice training. Programs in Jordan will strengthen law enforcement capacities to detect, investigate, and disrupt illicit drug trafficking networks


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › State › Foreign Operations › International Security Assistance › International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*