AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he has been assured that Mexican officials in the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila have beefed up...
Wednesday, Abbott and Nuevo León Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda signed what both men called a “historic” agreement lifting Abbott’s extra level of inspection as Nuevo León expands its own inspections efforts on the Mexican side, something Garcia said the state began doing on Monday with the help of Mexico’s National Guard.
cartels are very good about scouts and knowing what’s going on on both sides of the border, so when they see that they shut down bridge operations. So really it’s very good prevention. I don’t know that we’ve even had a seizure this far.” In an effort to ease the commercial traffic backlog, U.S. Customs and Border Protection in El Paso, in coordination with Mexican counterparts, will keep ports open later in the day on Good Friday, a day when they normally close at noon. Ports with commercial lanes will remain open until midnight and will be open Saturday on the holiday weekend when they are normally closed.
Staunch conservatives such as Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and Tony Garza, former U.S. Ambassador Mexico and former Texas Railroad Commissioner, have criticized the increased safety inspections. Gerald “Gerry” Schwebel, another conservative and executive vice president at IBC Bank, warned the impact may have lasting consequences not just to grocery stores but on relations between Texas and its four Mexican state neighbors.
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