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AMERICANS' TRUCKS TO MEXICO * USA - The grim reality of trucking in Mexico
The three bodies found recently about 200 miles south of the U.S. border in Mexico were believed to have been killed by a gang that targets truck drivers just trying to earn a living
Grain Valley,MO,USA -AP/Land Line Magazine -October 2, 2007: -- ... The three fell victim to a gang that robs truckers and sometimes kills them. According to The Associated Press, female members of the group posed as prostitutes to get truckers to stop. The other members of the gang would then rob and sometimes kill the truckers... These stories are not new. They are just getting more attention because of the cross-border trucking program... What these stories are going to do is highlight a problem that is commonplace in Mexico. Cargo theft has long been a problem... I asked how many drivers volunteered to haul this freight knowing there was a strong likelihood the freight could still be hijacked. Not many was his answer. They had to pay a premium – at that point – to the drivers... That’s going to end. Mexican CDL holders are used to that environment and given as little as they are paid, would be enticed to face the hijackers for far less than their U.S. counterparts... There comes a point when free trade, dominated by fear, has a cost no one should be expected to pay...
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