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DEBATE * USA - Rep claims corruption, scheming in Mexican pilot program
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,MO) -March 13, 2007: -- Rampant bribery of public officials is commonplace in Mexico, and that should call into question the authenticity of any official documents provided by Mexican truck drivers, according to U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR... As the hearing got underway, DeFazio made it clear where he stands on the issue of Mexican trucks on U.S. highways, and questioned why Mexico isn’t letting U.S. trucks go south at the same time that Mexican trucks will be allowed to come north... And, he charged that the Mexican truck companies being chosen to participate in the pilot program are being “cherry picked” to represent only the best trucks and drivers...
* Public Citizen Sues to Block Mexican Trucks
Washington,DC,USA -Consumer Affairs -March 13, 2007: -- Public Citizen sued the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today on behalf of a highway safety organization to compel the agency to release information about a controversial program to allow Mexico-domiciled trucks on all U.S. highways... The nonprofit group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with FMCSA in October 2006 for information about activities surrounding any program to evaluate Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that would be permitted to operate beyond the Mexico-United States border zone... Highway safety groups maintain that the administration's proposed project fails to comply with congressionally mandated safety requirements, which must precede implementation of a 2001 NAFTA order requiring the border to be open to Mexico-domiciled trucks traveling throughout the United States, and fails to comply with rules governing the conduct of pilot projects...
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