These reviews, the diplomatic note details, are carried out on the Zaragoza-Ysleta, Guadalupe-Tornillo and Ciudad Acuña-Del Río International Bridges.
How are truck inspections affecting Texas?
The reviews carried out by the Texas government, headed by Greg Abbott, caused delays of at least 19,000 trucks that could not cross the border, with a value of merchandise of 1.9 billion dollars, according to information from the National Chamber of Cargo Motor Transport (Canacar) released on October 8, 21 days after the start of the implementation of security measures.
The Mexican government requests that the United States restore the commercial flow, interrupted since the closure of cargo operations at the Córdoba-Las Américas International Bridge (BOTA), since September 18; as well as the Piedras Negras-Eagle Pass I International Bridge, from September 20, 2023, as well as the closure of the pedestrian crossing at the El Chaparral-San Ysidro port of entry, from September 14.
As a result of the binational dialogue, on October 10, the Córdoba-Las Américas International Bridge was partially reopened.