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Surviving Mexico's highways and byways

Porter C. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 10:38 pm
Maribeth Mellin, in a special to SFGate.com confirms what I’ve been preaching for years. That Mexico’s roads and rules are nothing like Trucking Bozo and others describe them. Here’s her artic...
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NAFTA dispute costing Texas firms millions

Porter C. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 12:42 pm
AFTA, one of the most contentious trade agreements signed by the U.S., was meant to unite the U.S., Mexico and Canada economically. But 15 years after it was enacted, it has spurred endless division, ...
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BREAKING NEWS: FMCSA apparently to reconsider HOS rule from scratch

Porter C. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 10:52 am
From “The Trucker” WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in response to a lawsuit concerning the Hours of Service regulations, has in essence agreed to review the 2008 H...
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U.S., Canada, Mexico making progress on trade problems

Porter C. posted an article on - Oct 24, 2009, 11:01 am
anada’s trade minister said Monday that some progress is being made on a nagging trade issue with the United States, while U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said a tangled dispute with Mexico over ...
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Immigration Debate: Border Fence Provision Cut From Bill

Porter C. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 12:13 am
ASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, says a provision to build more fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border was cut out of a federal spending bill. The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday th...
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Canadian Truck Driver Arrested with $3 Million in Cocaine at Pacific Highway Crossing

Porter C. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 11:37 pm
laine, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 43-year-old Surrey, British Columbia, man on October 10 for allegedly attempting to export 192 pounds of cocaine, worth more tha...
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Three convicted for role in theft of PEMEX product and sale of products in US

Porter C. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 2:46 pm
a href=”http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0910/091009houston.htm”>I.C.E. News Release HOUSTON – A criminal information charging three men for their roles in brokering the sale of petroleum products stol...
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Mexicans Hurt in Border Incident Recovering

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 10:01 pm
EXICO CITY – The three Mexicans who were injured when U.S. federal agents opened fire on several vehicles to prevent them from entering the United States illegally are out of danger and have receive...
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Mexican Federal Police arrest 5 in drug rehab executions

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 7:48 pm
IUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. Police say the men were...
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Like the Minutemen, Texas Rangers not welcome at the border

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 3:46 pm
McALLEN, Texas — Rancher Mike Landry recently came upon a group of unarmed men dressed in camouflage burglarizing his guest house and stealing a truck from his 11,000 acres in Terrell County, rugged...
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Drug War a Failure in U.S., Mexico

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 8:54 pm
L PASO, Texas – Academics, journalists and officials said at a conference here that the war on drugs has been a failure in both the United States and Mexico, and that the wave of violence has forced...
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Shootout at US-Mexico border and the actors are making excuses

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 8:39 pm
hree Mexican men were arrested on federal human-trafficking charges on Wednesday, and 75 Mexicans were detained as illegal immigrants, after three vans in which they were riding tried to run through t...
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Hoffa rejects responsiblity for job losses over Mexican truck dispute

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 10:46 pm
n Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a report that looked at the effect of three trade actions/inactions by the Administration are having and will have on American workers. One of the thr...
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Welcome to WhiteHouse Pro!

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 3:11 am
Thanks for purchasing this theme. You now own a great professional theme for Wordpress. Here are some notes...
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The Future of NAFTA

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 11:06 am
Interesting interview with Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Davidow, American Enterprise Institute’s Phil Levy, and Independent Drivers Association Owner-Operator Rod Nofziger on the future ...
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OIG Report – Political aims keep a deal idling slowly

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 6:55 pm
The federal government has prompted yet another delay in the implementation of a NAFTA provision that allows Mexican truckers to bring cargo from that country to U.S. markets. Under the North Americ...
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NAFB – "DOT Issues Report on Mexican Truck Safety"

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 4:51 pm
a href=”http://brianallmerradionetwork.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/09-04-09-the-nafbs-national-ag-news-as-heard-inside-the-barns-morning-ag-news/”>AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION A new report from t...
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Teamster's Prez Jimmy Hoffa responds to OIG Report with typical irrelevance

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 4:30 pm
James Hoffa came out of hiding today to respond to the OIG Final Report on FMCSA compliance with Section 350 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year...
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OIG Final Report – FMCSA substantially met all Mexican Safety criteria of 350(c)

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 9:54 pm
Once again, the latest report from the USDOT Office of Inspector General, verifies, substantiates and conclusively proves all that Mexico Trucker Online has reported about the safety of Mexican trucks...
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Rio Grande Valley Sheriff's want nothing to do with 287(g)

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 5:38 am
“I am considering being a part of it — only on the detention side,” Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said. “I would never do the enforcement. I won’t even help.”
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Bus company ordered to pay $5.2 million in bus crash case

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 5:34 am
n Hidalgo County jury has entered a $5.2 million judgment against a Mexican bus company it deemed partially responsible for the 2007 deaths of three Edinburg women, their family’s attorney said Mond...
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Margarita's on the Border and Homeland Security is Out to Lunch

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 5:10 am
n July 1st, MTO reported on the arrest of Customs and Border Protection officer Margarita Crispin of El Paso and followed up on the story on April 21, 2008 when she entered a guilty plea to the charge...
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PEMEX: Mexico Loses $700 Million Annually to Oil Theft

Porter C. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 3:01 am
y Sylvia Longmire Normally when someone hears a story about oil theft or criminal groups hacking into pipelines, one thinks of places like Nigeria or Iraq. Unfortunately, oil looting is rampant in Me...
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Veterans Decry Misinformation Campaign Including VA Care and Health Reform

Porter C. posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 12:29 pm
American war veterans are not happy with recent attempts to smear the Department of Veterans Affairs work helping veterans with the very sensitive issue of their living wills, and are calling on the m...
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Blogging the scene at the Otay Mesa border crossing

Porter C. posted an article on - Aug 18, 2009, 12:05 am
It’s been almost 10 years since I’ve had the opportunity to deliver a load here in the San Diego area, and the changes are enormous. The old 76 fuel stop on 905 where we used to fight for the few...
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Mexican Truck issue back on the radar again.

Porter C. posted an article on - Aug 17, 2009, 11:18 pm
The Three Amigos summit last weekend in Guadalajara should have brought some news of the Obama’s administration’s efforts to reinstate the wrongfully terminated cross border trucking program and r...
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Mexico replaces Customs Agents, upgrades border security

Porter C. posted an article on - Aug 17, 2009, 9:34 pm
exico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. The sh...
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Border Patrol Weekly Blotter: July 30 – August 5

Porter C. posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 10:53 pm
Trucking related enforcement actions by the CBP. *This overview is compiled from incidents reported to the Office of Border Patrol and is not intended to reflect all Border Patrol enforcement actions...
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Truckers News – Calderon to press Obama for resolution to Mexico truck dispute

Porter C. posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 6:01 pm
WASHINGTON — Mexican President Felipe Calderon will press President Barack Obama Sunday for a quick resolution to a cross-border trucking dispute that prompted Mexico to retaliate on $2.4 billion of...
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