Crossing to Mexicali

i went into Detroit, cant be much worse lol

 

Detroit at least doesn't have corrupt officials.... Oh wait...
Well, they don't have corrupt judges.... Oh wait.....
Well, they don't have corrupt law enforcement.... Oh wait...

Well, at least you can get back home without needing a passport. (Unless you're Canadian)

Dang, you might have a point.

 

Lol.......there has to be truth in good humor. You hit a home run on both.

 

Since you have the truck and license when you go across if you find and talk to the right people you can get a hot load up into the US guaranteed to make you a rich man and a legend.

 

Yea and you might even make the news too. Just make sure you wave and say hi to everyone on TTR so we know it's you.

 

Went to Laredo on Tuesday. The north bound immigration checkpoint currently lists 733 CDL’s revoked for life. There was a Marten truck in the impound cage.

Here’s how it goes down. A driver is approached in Laredo by someone who simply offers $100 bucks for a ride up to San Antonio. Driver thinks no problem. Then when they get to the checkpoint the driver just learned that he’s a human trafficker and it’s game over. They seize the truck, your CDL, and if you’re lucky they will probably allow you to hire a lawyer to negotiate a lower fine by several thousand dollars.

 

Unless it has changed, a US driver cannot transport freight intra-Mexico.

In 1980 I remember reading a VP's report on the boarder crossing for DuPont shipments.

He described how as the first unit was un-hooking to wait for the interline driver and the dropped trailer was stripped of every removeable item in seconds by a locust like hoard who then wanted to sell everything back. Expect the same treatment when the relay returns

They went on to seek a relay partner with a fenced drop lot to eliminate buying back lights N' stuff on each trip.

In 41 years things have not improved and should be considered worse by far.

OP needs to treat his friend to a meal on the US side, it is probably easier for his friend to cross over and back

 

The most important thing is insurance. Every time you visit Mexico in a regular vehicle, you need to purchase Mexican auto insurance. The same would go for trucks. I've heard they throw you in jail if you get into an accident down there and you don't have insurance.