The State Department's April 2002 FY2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations reported that Excess Defense Articles for Guatemala would be used "to assist the armed forces in promoting the peace process as well as to enhance interoperability and modernization efforts."¹

Adds the February 2005 request for 2006, "Non-lethal EDA will be granted on a limited case-by-case basis to enhance interoperability and modernization efforts, improve military support of civilian law enforcement efforts against drug traffickers and traffickers of persons, and strengthen humanitarian and disaster response capabilities." [3]

Though eligible, Guatemala has only received EDA in 2003 since this study began keeping records in 1996.

Source:

¹ United States, Department of State, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2003/>.

² United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Defense Articles (Including Excess) and Services (Including Training) Furnished Foreign Countries and International Organizations Under the Foreign Military Sales Provisions of The Arms Export Control Act, Chapter 2 (Washington: November 2003).

United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.

³ United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2006 (Washington: February 2005) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2006/>.