Category: Border Crossing

U.S. border seeks return of Mexicans

MEXICO – When the COVID-19 pandemic caused the US-Mexico border closure, many retail stores and other businesses on the US side lost customers in 2020, The Wall Street Journal noted While retail, restaurants and other establishments have come...

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Laredo, Texas Bridge invests US$10 million in border crossing

NUEVO LAREDO – The World Trade Bridge in Nuevo Laredo, through which 40% of US-Mexico trade crosses, is investing US$10 million to open four more lanes for Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Fast certified transportation and...

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Index forecasts border reopening in September

SONORA – Gerardo Vazquez Falcon, president of the National Council of the Maquiladora and Manufacturing Export Industry in Sonora, said that by the end of September, it is expected that the vaccination conditions in the country will generate an...

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U.S. extends border restrictions until August

MEXICO – The US land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least August 21, the US Department of Homeland Security announced The 30-day extension comes after Canada announced that it will begin...

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Northern border prices rebound

MEXICO – The closure of the land border with Mexico, implemented by the United States to stop COVID-19 infections, generated higher inflation in the surrounding cities With the closure of the US border since March 2020, a greater demand for...

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El Paso to vaccinate 50,000 Mexican maquiladora workers

EL PASO, TX – El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego formally announced the effort to inoculate up to 50,000 workers, which replicates and expands on a similar cross-border vaccination program in San Diego Juárez assembly factories, many of...

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Mexico and California sign agreement for macro border infrastructure project

CALIFORNIA – In order to generate new cross-border infrastructure projects to expand trade capacity, authorities from Mexico and California, United States, signed a memorandum of understanding The Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Communications...

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U.S.-Mexico border restrictions extended until July 21st

TIJUANA – The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared information on social media about extending the restriction on non-essential travel at the border for another month In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the United States is...

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U.S. improves travel conditions for Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi

MONTERREY – The US State Department reported that the travel advisory for Mexico was recently updated and the states of Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi upgraded their travel conditions from Level 3 (reconsider travel) to Level 2 (exercise...

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First cross-border vaccination against COVID-19 to begin in Tijuana and San Diego

MEXICO – The minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, informed that the governments of Mexico and the United States began the first cross-border vaccination against COVID-19 Ebrard stressed that this was achieved thanks to the efforts of...

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