Trucks delivering goods from Mexico to the United States are facing up to 12 hou...
CIUDAD JUAREZ - Trucks delivering goods from Mexico to the United States are facing up to 12 hours of gridlock, drivers said, after a transfer of U.S. border agents to immigration duties slowed the flow of commercial traffic at several border crossings.
But the reshuffling of border agents, announced last week to process the record number of migrant families entering the United States from Mexico, prompted delays of up to 12 hours for trucks crossing from Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas, truckers told Reuters. “The U.S. threat is being carried out and having an impact on factories, transportation companies and most directly on drivers,” truck driver Jose Cota said.
Mexico’s customs agency said the Nuevo Laredo-Laredo crossing from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas into Texas was also affected and asked truck drivers to reschedule their deliveries considering that the port of entry would now close at 11:00 p.m. daily. “There is no danger ... this is just the United States government’s way of pressuring and blackmailing,” Cota said.
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