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MEXICOWANDERER
Jul 13, 2017Explorer
What I do not like is the ambiguous attitude Aduana has shown for POE's entering Baja California.
As an example - Tuesday entering Tijuana. Garita 2 entrance I-5
Backup 3-miles into the USA all the way to the ILLEGAL TO ENTER USA WITH MARIJUANA sign on the shoulder on I-5 at Dairy Mart freeway offramp.
2:00PM It took ONE HOUR from there to the red/green light Aduana booths. All lanes plugged solid and stop and go.
All booth lanes were open. Did not count but there must have been 30 Aduaneros lining all booth approaches. All cars had to stop for 15 seconds until the gate raised.
Both sides of the car eyeballs looked inside my car. Lucky for me my toad has new overload springs and sits slightly raised rear. The newer Honda SUV ahead of us with the factory blacked-out windows (Mexican plates) was directed to pull off to the right (six lanes) into the secondary inspection area, even though the light for it flashed green. The guy pointed to the right and whistled. The guys at the other booths halted traffic while the Honda cut across 5 lanes and into the secondary lot. The lot was absolutely jammed packed. A parallel lane directed diverted cars back to the secondary entrance. There must have been over a hundred cars waiting to get inspected.
I've never seen anything like this crossing in Arizona and Texas or even Belice or Guatemala.
Again, this was Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 3:00PM
My Mexican friends were foaming at the mouth. "If they honk their horn, they will be picked out and be forced through secondary" reported Celso from the back seat. The swarm was eerily silent and fuming tempers caused entirely stupid driving maneuvers leaving the area.
The midget and PRI have GOT TO GO.
As an example - Tuesday entering Tijuana. Garita 2 entrance I-5
Backup 3-miles into the USA all the way to the ILLEGAL TO ENTER USA WITH MARIJUANA sign on the shoulder on I-5 at Dairy Mart freeway offramp.
2:00PM It took ONE HOUR from there to the red/green light Aduana booths. All lanes plugged solid and stop and go.
All booth lanes were open. Did not count but there must have been 30 Aduaneros lining all booth approaches. All cars had to stop for 15 seconds until the gate raised.
Both sides of the car eyeballs looked inside my car. Lucky for me my toad has new overload springs and sits slightly raised rear. The newer Honda SUV ahead of us with the factory blacked-out windows (Mexican plates) was directed to pull off to the right (six lanes) into the secondary inspection area, even though the light for it flashed green. The guy pointed to the right and whistled. The guys at the other booths halted traffic while the Honda cut across 5 lanes and into the secondary lot. The lot was absolutely jammed packed. A parallel lane directed diverted cars back to the secondary entrance. There must have been over a hundred cars waiting to get inspected.
I've never seen anything like this crossing in Arizona and Texas or even Belice or Guatemala.
Again, this was Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 3:00PM
My Mexican friends were foaming at the mouth. "If they honk their horn, they will be picked out and be forced through secondary" reported Celso from the back seat. The swarm was eerily silent and fuming tempers caused entirely stupid driving maneuvers leaving the area.
The midget and PRI have GOT TO GO.
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