Mexico, USA to divert commercial border traffic from Texas

The Mexican and U.S. governments have agreed to detour some of the northbound cross-border traffic from Texas to New Mexico in retaliation for a rigorous vehicle inspection program conducted by Lone Star last month. ..

Some traffic is detoured across the border between San Jeronimo in Chihuahua and Santa Teresa in New Mexico.

Located about 70 km south of Las Cruces, New Mexico’s second largest city, and about 25 km west of El Paso, Texas, the intersection will be expanded to accommodate increasing commercial vehicle traffic.

On Tuesday, when Foreign Minister Marcelo Evlad and US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mallorcus met in Washington, a decision was made to divert some traffic to the intersection.It will take months to implement the newspaper Mirenio report.

Ebrald said on Twitter that he told Mallorcus about “a new infrastructure for San Geronimo-Santa Teresa’s border with New Mexico to facilitate bilateral transport.”

Among the other officials attending the meeting were Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States Esteban Moctezma and US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar.

Mirenio After reaching the conclusion that Texas was unreliable as a trading partner, Mexico said diplomatic authorities had informed that a final decision had been made to expand crossing the New Mexico border.

Governor Greg Abbott claims in early April that the U.S. government has not done enough to secure the border with Mexico – Instructed Texas authorities to carry out a more thorough inspection Of all commercial vehicles from Mexico to the state to detect drugs and immigrants trying to illegally invade the United States.

A stricter vehicle inspection program that lasted about a week caused long delays for truck drivers trying to reach Texas, Huge economic loss.. It was suspended after Abbott reached an agreement with the governors of the four states on the Mexican border that promised to strengthen security measures on the southern side of the border.

Ebrald accused Texas Governor of blackmail Abbott said he tried to threaten instead of looking for a compromise on how to negotiate with Governor Tamaulipas, Governor Nuevo Leon, Governor of Coahuila, and Governor of Chihuahua.

“It’s blackmail. It closes the border and forces you to sign whatever I say. It’s not an agreement. An agreement is when you and I agree on something,” he said. Told.

Authorities are also considering the possibility of a rail link to the New Mexico border to reduce Mexico’s reliance on crossing the Texas border for the export of goods to the United States.

“I don’t think I’m going to use Texas anymore,” said Economic Minister Tatiana Clautier last week, citing a proposal for a rail link between Mexico’s Pacific coast and the northern border via its manufacturing site, the Bajio region. Stated.

“We [rail] There is a connection with New Mexico because you can’t put all the eggs in one basket and be held hostage by anyone who wants to use trade as a political issue, “she said.

President Lopez Obrador has accused the Texas government of acting against the principles of free trade in implementing a stricter vehicle inspection program. He said last month that the measures introduced were “totally against free trade” and corresponded to the “Chickany” on the Texas side.

“Legally they can do that, but it’s really mean,” Lopez Obrador said. “… Why do they do that? I think the Governor of Texas is aiming to be a Republican candidate,” he said, and he seems to be referring to the 2024 presidential election in the United States. ..

After winning the Republican nomination in April, Abbott has already participated in the November election competition to elect a new governor in Texas. He is currently in his second term as governor.

In the report from Mirenio