Texas couple killed
There have been a couple of threads on this story from South Padre Island, but I ran across a story this morning that may give some folks pause. It seems that as the Cartels have increased their agr...
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Bedlam wrote:westernrvparkowner wrote:
Who would you empower to investigate and enforce those inspections? US Customs has no contact with anyone leaving the country, any current inspections are done by the customs departments of the countries being entered. Not sure Mexican and Canadian Customs have or even want the ability to examine the authenticity of vehicle titles and ownership. Since apparently these vehicles are taken directly to Mexico after the theft, they are likely not reported and entered into any data base as a stolen vehicle by the time the border is crossed. Adding exit examinations to US Customs duties would essentially require doubling the agency all in an effort to find a few stolen trucks. Probably not a good use of resources. As for Mexico, they have bigger problems to solve before they get down interdicting stolen vehicles.
I'm more familiar with the northern border where Canadians ask me plenty of questions about what I am hauling in my trailer and registration for all the vehicles I take across (may be as many as five in my case).
We went to Victoria via ferry from Port Angeles WA over New Years in a rental car. Not a question was asked about the car crossing over. Checked our passports, asked the reason for our visit and sent us on our way.
