| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2008 
Mexico to Step Up Vehicle Searches at US Border
 Associated Press
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Mexico City - Mexico's government plans to search one out of every 10 vehicles entering the country from the United States.
Mexico's attorney general announced the plan yesterday as an effort to curb arms smuggling into Mexico. Eduardo Medina says the stepped up vehicle searches would start soon at Mexican custom checkpoints, although he gave no exact date.
Most illegal weapons in Mexico come from the United States, and many end up in the hands of powerful drug cartels who supply most of the cocaine entering the United States from South America.
Medina says an average of 230,000 vehicles across into Mexico from the United States daily. The number searched changes throughout the year, and varies with each crossing point.
In general, only law-enforcement officers or military personnel can legally possess guns in Mexico. |
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