Category: Border Crossing

Cross-border operators brace for peak holiday season

MEXICO – Freight deliveries from Mexico to the United States are soaring as the transportation industry enters the peak holiday season With stronger freight demand and higher trucking rates already affecting volumes along the US-Mexico border,...

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Border crossings are affected by COVID-19

MEXICO – The top 10 ports of entry to the United States recorded a fall in truckload crossings during the January-July period of this year compared to 2019 According to a report by the Hunt Institute for Competitiveness, the cities of Laredo...

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Railroad tracks in Chihuahua were released

CHIHUAHUA – After more than 50 days in which farmers kept the train tracks blocked in the municipality of Meoqui due to the conflict over water, the Government of Chihuahua finally reached an agreement with the producers to liberate this...

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Entrepreneurs seek to limit non-essential travel

JUAREZ – With a proposal by the authorities to limit non-essential travel by American citizens to Ciudad Juarez, the local Business Coordinating Council (CCE) presented the "Control and Monitoring Table" that seeks to implement actions to...

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Mexico Aims to Reduce Smuggling and Increase Tax Collection

MEXICO – Tax collection for foreign trade operations at the Mexican customs during the first semester of the year had a reduction of 17% compared to the previous year, according to official data This situation was a warning sign for the...

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Border closure extends until November

MEXICO – The governments of Mexico and the United States will extend for another month the restrictions on non-essential land transit on their common border, the Foreign Ministry (SRE) reported "The extension of restrictions was proposed by...

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A plan for the reopening of the border with Texas was presented

LAREDO, TX – An important plan aimed at the economic reactivation of the border region between Mexico and Texas, adapting the restrictions implemented during the pandemic, is being put into action under a binational scheme coordinated...

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Cargo Trucks Face 8-Hour Otay Border Waits

More than 3,000 trucks cross daily By Wendy Fry Freight transporters are facing wait times longer than eight hours on some days at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, possibly because of changes to the traffic lanes initiated by the City of...

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Business leaders can’t wait for new California border crossing

SAN DIEGO – It’s still more than three years away, but business leaders already recognize the possibilities and opportunities surrounding the planned Otay Mesa East Port of Entry between San Diego and Tijuana The border crossing will be the...

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Billions to be invested in border wall in Laredo, TX

LAREDO, TX - Two construction contracts valued at nearly half a billion dollars have been awarded to build 40 new miles of border wall in the South Texas city of Laredo, US Customs and Border Protection officials announced Wednesday A...

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