The Washington Times

Researchers in two genetics studies funded by the Veterans Affairs Department broke federal rules by crossing the U.S. border to pay subjects in Mexico for blood samples, government inspectors say.

A researcher in the New Mexico VA Health Care System project said he and two co-workers went to Juarez, Mexico, where they tested about 20 subjects in a study that paid each participant $125 for two blood samples and an interview, inspectors found.

In a second study where at least nine blood samples were traced to Mexico, inspectors found a travel invoice "for taking the government car into Juarez ... to see a subject for the Latino Genetics study."

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