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Truckers' Strikes * USA - Halts border traffic for 4 hours
A four-hour strike by Mexican truckers protesting slow processing times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Mariposa Port of Entry ended at about 4 p.m. Tuesday
Nogales,AZ,USA -The Nogales International -April 21, 2009: -- Acting Nogales Port Director, Armando Goncalvez, met with the local administrator for Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (SAT), the equivalent of the U.S. Department of Treasury, and designated leaders for commercial trucking operators in Mexico in an effort to find a resolution for a strike that started at about noon... Before noon, the SAT administrator crossed the border to advise CBP that Mexico commercial cargo drivers were upset at increased inspections and enforcement efforts resulting in fewer trips than they would like to accomplish daily... At about 12:30 p.m., U.S. officials noticed a significant decrease in the amount of commercial trucks crossing the border... Goncalvez made contact with SAT and was notified of a driver initiated the strike about three kilometers south of the international border, affecting both north and south bound travel of commercial and some passenger vehicles... The strike ended at about 4 p.m., Arellano said, when the first truck crossed into the United States and entered the Mariposa commercial facility... (Photo from watersecretsblog: Boeder Wall at Nogales,AZ)Labels: truckers' strikes
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