Mexico years ahead of US on medical requirements for commercial drivers

Oct 142008
 
 14/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 21:36 on 14/10/2008 2 Responses »
Mexico years ahead of US on medical requirements for commercial drivers

The Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program enters it 13 month without incident, accident or serious safety violations, the FMCSA has a medical review committee trying to rewrite the requirements for CDL medical examiners and the critics of the Pilot Program continue to insist that that requirements for a Mexican CDL or Licencia Federal Conductor are lax or non existent. Once again, Mexico Truckers proves them wrong and exposes these outlandish claims being made by Jimmy Hoffa, Todd Spencer and the staff at Landline Now. Let’s take a look at the medical requirements for a Mexican driver. They are very similar ….Read More

US Consulate in Monterrey attacked with guns and grenade

Oct 132008
 
 13/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 16:00 on 13/10/2008 Comments Off
US Consulate in Monterrey attacked with guns and grenade

Unknown gunmen shot at the US Consulate in Monterrey and threw a grenade at the building, which did not explode. No one was injured according to a Consulate spokesman. Two unidentified men approached the US Consulate General. One of them fired several times hitting the gates and a window. The second man threw a hand grenade which did not explode because the man forgot to pull the pin, according to the statement issued concerning Sunday mornings incident. Six bullet casings from the pistol were found at the scene. Local Police and US Federal investigators scoured the scene looking for more ….Read More

Panic selling drives Mexican peso above 13-per-dollar mark

Oct 102008
 
 10/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 11:34 on 10/10/2008 Comments Off
Panic selling drives Mexican peso above 13-per-dollar mark

Traders are falling over themselves this week to unload Mexico’s currency, on fears that a U.S. economic downturn would savage Mexico’s economy. The peso plunged to nearly 13.2 per dollar on Thursday from 12.3 on Wednesday and 10.9 at the end of September. The latest dive has occurred despite heavy intervention by Mexico’s central bank to stem the rout. It’s the peso’s biggest drop in value since the country’s 1994 devaluation. This is panic behavior,” said Alberto Bernal, head of emerging-markets research at Bulltick Capital Markets in Miami. “It has nothing to do with Mexico and everything to do with ….Read More

Gustavo Arellano: My dad, the illegal immigrant

Oct 062008
 
 06/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 18:58 on 06/10/2008 2 Responses »
Gustavo Arellano: My dad, the illegal immigrant

Millions of Americans point to Ellis Island as the place where their family was first introduced to the United States. Others trace their ancestry to ships that dropped anchor centuries ago in New England. Still more greeted Lady Liberty by way of airplanes and a visa. My father? He fondly remembers the comfortable space in the trunk of a Chevy Bel Air that was his ticket to the American dream.In 1968, Dad left his dying village of Jomulquillo, in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, to join his three older brothers in East Los Angeles. Eighteen years old, impetuous and with ….Read More

Mexican drug initiative – Rehab for users, harsher penalties for dealers

Oct 042008
 
 04/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:34 on 04/10/2008 Comments Off
Mexican drug initiative - Rehab for users, harsher penalties for dealers

Turning to Mexico’s increasing narcotics consumption, President Felipe Calderon has proposed stiffer penalties for small-time drug dealers while suspending punishment for addicts who agree to enter rehabilitation. “Drugs are the slavery of this century,” Calderon said in a speech Friday. “Criminals seek to make slaves of children and youths. They seek to place drugs, sometimes free of charge, in schools, in neighborhoods, to create addictions, to generate dependency.” Calderon’s initiative, part of a package of proposals aimed at bolstering his offensive against the country’s powerful drug traffickers, also includes procedures for cleaning up Mexico’s police forces and getting them to ….Read More

USDOT-OIG report NOT a condemnation of Mexican Cross Border Program nor Mexican Trucks in general

Oct 022008
 
 02/10/2008  Posted by PMC at 10:18 on 02/10/2008 Comments Off
USDOT-OIG report NOT a condemnation of Mexican Cross Border Program nor Mexican Trucks in general

On September 24, 2008, the USDOT Office of Inspector General issued an audit report entitled REPORT ON THE SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF FMCSA’S REVIEW OF CANADIAN/MEXICAN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS. Of course OOIDA jumped on this report with an article erroneously entitled Data flawed on Mexican truck safety reg compliance A glance would make you believe that Mexican trucks are not in compliance with FMCSA safety regs and this is not the case! Steve Sommers on America’s Trucking Network told his few listeners that this report PROVES that Mexican trucks are not in compliance and, by ….Read More

Mexican First Calvary Regiment – Another drug seizure and more in Miguel Aleman

Sep 292008
 
 29/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 15:59 on 29/09/2008 Comments Off
Mexican First Calvary Regiment - Another drug seizure and more in Miguel Aleman

Soldiers attached to the First Mechanized Calvary Regimen enjoyed another successful operation in the border town of Miguel Aleman Tamaulipas. On Saturday, a patrol searching a residence at 450 Huizache in the Colonia Rio Mezquital, They found two people bound and gagged who had apparently been kidnapped. These people were identified as Luis Octavio Garcia Estrada, 30, a native of Miguel Aleman, and Eduardo Cruz Flores Flores, 18, a native of Monterrey NL. Additionally, they discovered 45 packages of various sizes and forms,containing 477 kilos of marijuana and 9 packages of cocaine weighing 9 kilos.

Who will be the next trucking company to close the doors? Jimmy Hoffa knows!

Sep 242008
 
 24/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:05 on 24/09/2008 2 Responses »
Who will be the next trucking company to close the doors? Jimmy Hoffa knows!

In this era of escalating fuel prices, unheard of numbers of truck repossession and a stagnant freight base, some people just don’t get it. From the AP and The Trucker comes the headline story of Teamsters picket Washington-based trucking company AUBURN, Wash. — Picketers are carrying Teamsters strike signs outside Oak Harbor Freight operations in the Pacific Northwest. Oak Harbor Freight lines, with 1300 employees, of which almost half are Teamsters (550) walked yesterday after talks between management and labor came to an impasse’.

Proponents of Mexican Cross Border Truck Program continue to fight for what’s right

Sep 232008
 
 23/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 09:44 on 23/09/2008 Comments Off
Proponents of Mexican Cross Border Truck Program continue to fight for what's right

The House has made it veto-proof clear: The controversial pilot program allowing big Mexican trucks to cross the U.S. border and travel into the country must end. The Senate has yet to act, though. And Mexico and its U.S. big-business allies are ramping up their efforts to block the repeal, including a renewed warning by Mexican officials to retaliate against U.S. exports if the program is abolished. So begins an excellent article on the Mexican Cross Border Program from a neutral perspective, in a story published at Politico.com And the proponents should continue to fight to keep this program which ….Read More

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