Texas Halts All Mexican Truck Inspections After Border Chaos
- Final Mexican border state signs security-cooperation deal
- Governor Greg Abbott enraged business interests with crackdown
Trucks wait to cross into the U.S. at the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa international crossing, on April 12.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott halted all Mexican truck inspections after a week of protests, traffic jams and mounting outrage from business interests on both sides of the border.
The Republican leader of the second-largest U.S. state signed an agreement with the governor of the border state of Tamaulipas on Friday that ends vehicle-safety checks in exchange for increased vigilance south of the international line.