US truckers are getting stopped, inspected, arrested and fined for buying diesel fuel in Mexico, at about half the price as in the US, with the intention of taking it back into the USA.

While filling a primary fuel tank isn’t illegal, Mexico prohibits additional fuel tanks (aka auxiliary tanks) to be filled and moved across the border, so many truck owners with long-range tanks are finding themselves breaking Mexican federal law. Truck owners are getting stopped on the Mexican side of the border and their trucks are confiscated while authorities run tests to determine the origin of the fuel. If found in violation, owners face stiff fines. The Mexican Consulate is offering a blanket warning for all truck owners equipped with secondary fuel tanks to not drive those vehicles into Mexico.

At the same time, the Mexican government objects when the US fortifies its border with Mexico to prevent Mexican citizens from overloading US healthcare facilities and schools.

Mexico confiscates trucks crossing border for cheap diesel

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