US-Mexico border

Forager and project44 aim to create a new standard of cross-border transparency for U.S.-Mexico freight.

Officials in Texas recently announced four drug seizures involving trucks along the United States-Mexico border.

The South Texas border crossings in Laredo and Pharr led the United States in imports of avocados and tomatoes from January through Wednesday.

Beginning Dec. 7, empty northbound tractor-trailers entering the U.S. from Mexico through Laredo, Texas, will be routed to the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge.

In separate incidents, border officers in Texas discovered trucks used to smuggle alleged methamphetamine and marijuana.

The city of San Angelo, Texas, approved a deal with South Plains Lamesa Railroad to create a rail port connecting to Mexico.

CBP agents across Texas seized $821M worth of drugs during FY 2020.

Trucks moved $33 billion worth of freight between the U.S. and Mexico in August, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Separate protests in Mexico have been disrupting railways and highways in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Michoacán since mid-August.

The ongoing US-China trade spat and subsequent US tariffs on $500 billion of Chinese goods has catapulted Mexico back to No. 1.

Authorities in Texas are investigating two cases of what they said were planned sex-trafficking operations, both of which involved semi-trucks.

“The upsurge of methamphetamine trafficking has become a serious international health and security threat,” said Laredo Port Director Andrew Douglas.

The export plant employs 2,000 workers and makes electronic parts used in vehicles manufactured by Chrysler, General Motors, Ford and others.

Volvo Cars is facing supply chain issues from factories in Mexico, according to CEO Hakan Samuelsson. Samuelsson said supplier issues in Mexico and lower demand for its S60 sedans were partly to blame for the Ridgeville, South Carolina, plant being idle since June 3. “First is the disturbances in the supply of parts from Mexico. […]

As part of a new nationwide anti-corruption initiative, Mexico’s land, air and seaports will be operated and monitored by the Mexican military.

Border industry leaders discuss USMCA’s benefits during a panel discussion hosted by the El Paso, Texas-based Borderplex Alliance.

CBP officers at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge discover a massive quantity of methamphetamine in a truckload of onions.

Safran Group unveiled plans to open a new airplane-seat factory in northern Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mexican farmers set up blockades at the Pharr, Texas, port of entry to protest government cuts in agricultural spending.

Mexican auto factories exported 196,173 vehicles in June, a 38.8% decline compared to the same period in 2019.