The inspections of cargo trucks entering Texas from the border of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, the second most important in Mexico, they returned and They cause crossings to take up to 10 hours.
This was reported by Manuel Sotelo Suárez, vice president of CANACAR northern zone and president of the Transporters Association of Ciudad Juárez, who said that inspections returned since last Saturday, April 27.
According to Sotelo Suárez, the inspections in the Mexico-United States border They take place on the Ysleta-Zaragoza bridge, starting on Saturday and two days later they also extended to Córdova-América, and Guadalupe-Tornillo.
“It is taking us 8 to 10 hours or so to make the crossings”he noted in an interview.
Sotelo Suárez declared that with these delays at the crossings, Hundreds of trucks are detained in Ciudad Juárez loaded with merchandise for around 65 thousand dollars each.
“We are going to say that it is 65 thousand dollars for each shipment and then we multiply by the exports that are being stranded does not mean that the fact that the export that did not cross on Saturday is left stranded will no longer cross, no, it will to cross, but maybe it was able to cross yesterday and crosses today, so we don’t have loss data so far,” he explained.
The president of the Ciudad Juárez Transporters Association estimated that On Monday, 844 exports failed to cross. He said that if the approximate amount of each shipment of 65 thousand dollars is taken into consideration, there would be 54 million 860 thousand dollars of merchandise that were stranded in one day due to the delays caused by the reviews implemented by the Department of Public Safety.
Mexico-US Border: International bridge hours extended
With the aim of expediting the exports to the United StatesANAM and CBP announced extension of hours on the Ciudad Juárez and El Paso bridges starting April 29 and until further notice.
The schedules are as follows:
- Santa Teresa-San Gerónimo international crossing (does not border Texas): Monday to Friday, extended hours from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Guadalupe-Tornillo International Crossing: Monday to Friday, extended hours from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- The Cordova-América, and Ysleta-Zaragoza crossings will continue on their regular schedule.
