Businesspeople from northern Mexico accuse the Texas governor of hindering trade

The security controls implemented last week by the governor of Texas (USA), Greg Abbottcaused Mexican exports worth 1.5 billion dollars to be unable to cross the border, business leaders from northern Mexico denounced this Thursday. Mexico.

The private initiative of City Juarezborder city with U.Scriticized that this issue is political and that it has not been resolved by governments, as it affects more than 5,000 workers who are technically unemployed.

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The problem, they assured, is no longer the customs that diverted personnel to process migrants since two weeks. Now, the main obstacle is the slow revisions of the Department of Public Security in Texas those that keep the load passing at a very slow pace.

Drivers queue at customs heading to the United States via the Zaragoza International Bridge, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on September 28, 2023. (Photo by Luis Torres / EFE) (Luis Torres/)

The National Vice-President of Maquiladora and Border Strips of the National Chamber of the Manufacturing Industry, Thor Salayandiaindicated that the damage is very serious, since the economy of the entire border region depends on the maquiladora by more than 50%.

“Let it be very clear to us. The problem is no longer customs. It is Governor Abbott who is suffocating the maquiladora. He is taking political advantage of the immigration issue and is already attacking (US President Joe) Biden Mexico with this problem and it affects us all. He has the agents do some checks where he is no longer looking for migrants. What he seeks is to harm the maquila and he is succeeding“, he said.

“It is very unfortunate that only one person, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, whoever is causing all this damage to both the economy of Juárez and the corporations that own the maquiladoras. It is very regrettable that so far no one has been able to stop him, not even his President Biden.”, added the businessman.

For your part, Manuel Sotelo Suarezvice president of National Chamber of Cargo Transport (Canacar) highlighted that there is a lot of passivity on the part of the federal government of Mexico and the United States, and that no one coordinates operations to solve the problem or to stop the Texan governor who is affecting the economy of both regions with between 10,000 and 11,000 stranded cargo.

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“If we multiply that by 135 thousand dollars per load, we are talking about the value we are talking about at the moment, around 1.5 billion dollars, which is not a loss, these are goods that were not able to cross“, indicated Sotelo Suárez.

He added that of the 3,500 loads that normally pass daily from Mexico to the United States through Juárez, only 1,600 are currently crossing. By not being able to export them, the maquiladoras’ small warehouses become full and are no longer able to continue producing.

Source: Elcomercio