Here is one way, if they need a dozer or a lot of bullets.Wow, this thread got derailed... Its now an investment portfolio thread.
So, I crossed the border yesterday at Nogales. Saw the same presence on the US and Mex sides that I'm used to seeing there. However, let me mention these 2 crossings st the dual cities of Nogales Sonora and Nogales Arizona have always been heavily staffed .. if either side added more, Im not sure what they would do with them as all gates and all offline inspection areas are always packed. The wall here is about 20' tall in both eastern and western directions. I'm told many churches in Nogales Sonora are providing shelter to Refugees who were waiting in Mexico but had their US applications frozen or dropped altogether as a consequence of the EO.
Likewise, both countries have additional checkpoints at about 15 km for Mexico and 20 miles for the USA. Additionally, there are smaller pop-up revision areas scattered about the secondary roads/highways along each side of the border.
Yesterday, I saw a caravan of 200 soldiers in 20 vehicles getting gas in Santa Ana .. They were heading to the border areas between California and Nogales AZ as a result of the deal struck post tarriff EO . I asked them... But I didn't take any photos (they have big guns).
I encountered very few inspection points further away from the border.. so it's obvious lots of resources are being pulled to be placed along the border.. No one asked for proof of paying duty on the two washing machines I hauled down for two families in the Maverick. That is unusual, but these down state checkpoints just didn't have the staff to check every car zipping down the highway... It will be interesting to see how they handle the logistics of supporting large numbers of deployed soldiers in the remote sections of the desert.
The National Guard has been used to augment or outright replace (in the case of corruption) municipal police forces throughout Mexico to monitor/control cartel activities as they extend their reach to other industries/opportunities (hotels, convenient store franchises, everything else ...) and bully competitors... Majority of Cartel activities are in legitimate enterprises, though operated unethically. Now these resources will focus soley on gun/drug trafficking along the border. So, it will interesting to see the impact in the next few months and years. I'm going to cruise by my local Marines barracks here in Álamos (8 hours from the border) and see if they're being redeployed north.
I continue to see huge numbers of semis in large caravans with 2025 Mavericks and Brinco Sports heading north. January was a record breaking month for production in Hermosillo, so obviously there is some beat the clock activity occuring... This certainly is not anything to do with the Quality Hold at this point.
Through it all, Peso is stable at just above 20 to 1....
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