- Garitas in Mexico
Garitas or "Reten" are federal inspection stations operated by the Mexican government. They are officially known as a "Garita de Revisión." They are usually located within 50 kilometers of a national border (with the
United States ,Belize , orGuatemala ) and they function as immigration checkpoints, where documents and cargo are to be inspected.List of Garitas in Mexico
Garitas along the Mexico-U.S. Border (listed in order from
West toEast )
* Garita Pichilingue - located 17 km south ofLa Paz ,Baja California Sur , on Federal Highway 11.
* Garita Santa Rosalía - located along Federal Highway 1 inBaja California Sur .
* Garita Cabullona - located 28.5 km south ofAgua Prieta ,Sonora , on Federal Highway 17.
* Garita San Antonio - located 117.5 km south ofNaco, Sonora , on Federal Highway 2.
* Garita Mututicachi - located 163.5 km south ofArizpe ,Sonora , on Federal Highway 89.
* Garita Agua Zarca - located 21 km south ofNogales, Sonora , on Federal Highway 15.
* Garita San Emeterio - located 27 km south ofSonoyta ,Sonora , on Federal Highway 2.
* Garita Almejas - located 42 km south ofPuerto Peñasco ,Sonora , on Federal Highway 37.
* Garita Puerto de Janos - located near Janos,Chihuahua , (approximately 235.2 km southeast ofAgua Prieta ,Sonora , on Federal Highway 10).
* Garita de Samalayuca - located 72 km south of Ciudad Juárez,Chihuahua , on Federal Highway 45.
* Garita El Pegüis - located 47 km west ofOjinaga ,Chihuahua , on Federal Highway 16.
* Garita La Mula - located 47 km south ofOjinaga ,Chihuahua , on State Hwy 78.
* Garita Kilómetro 53 - located 52.6 km south ofPiedras Negras, Coahuila , on Federal Highway 57.
* Garita Camarón - located 55 km south of Colombia,Nuevo León , on State Hwy 1.
*Garita Kilómetro 26 - located 26 km south ofNuevo Laredo ,Tamaulipas , on Federal Highway 85.
* Garita Parás - located 20 km northwest ofCiudad Mier ,Tamaulipas , on Federal Highway 30.
* Garita Ciudad Mier - located 14 km southwest ofCiudad Mier ,Tamaulipas , on Federal Highway 54.
* Garita Arcabuz - located 50 km south ofCiudad Miguel Alemán ,Tamaulipas , on the State Hwy to Los Aldama,Nuevo León .
* Garita Kilómetro 35 - located 35 km southwest of Ciudad Camargo,Tamaulipas , on the State Hwy toPeña Blanca ,Tamaulipas .
* Garita El Vado - located just south of the official Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordaz international crossing,Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas .
* Garita Kilómetro 30 - located 181.2 km southwest ofReynosa ,Tamaulipas , on Federal Highway 40. Actual location is within the state ofNuevo León .
* Garita Kilómetro 26 - located 95.5 km south ofReynosa ,Tamaulipas , on Federal Highway 97.
* Garita de las Yescas - located 59 km southwest ofMatamoros, Tamaulipas , on Federal Highway 101.Garitas along the Mexico -
Guatemala Border (listed in order fromSouth toNorth )
* Garita Viva México - located 8 km northwest ofTapachula ,Chiapas , on Federal Highway 200.
* Garita El Garitón - located 1360 km southeast ofMexico City on Federal Highway 190. Actual location is several kilometers northwest of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc,Chiapas .
* Garita El Carmen Xhan - located in Carmen Xhan,Chiapas .
* Garita San Gregorio Chamic - located 27 km west of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc,Chiapas , on the State Hwy toComitán de Domínguez ,Chiapas .
* Garita Tzimol - located nearComitán de Domínguez ,Chiapas .
* Garita Quija - located 22 km northwest ofComitán de Domínguez ,Chiapas , on Federal Highway 190.Garitas in the
Yucatan Peninsula
* Garita Nuevo Xcan - located 90 km southwest ofCancún ,Quintana Roo , on Federal Highway 180.
* Garita Tepich, located 50 km south ofValladolid, Quintana Roo , on Federal Highway 295.
* Garita Caobas - located 80 km west ofChetumal ,Quintana Roo , on Federal Highway 186.
* Garita Dziuché - located 42 km northwest of PolyucMuna,Quintana Roo , on Federal Highway 184.
* Garita El Ceibo - located 56 km west ofTenosique ,Tabasco , on Federal Highway 203.References
* [http://www.aduanas.sat.gob.mx/aduana_mexico/2007/RCGMCE/2007/Anexo_25.doc Aduana Mexico. 2007. Aduanas 25 de las Reglas de Caracter General en Materia de Comercio Exterior para 2007.]
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