Food and customs

Your topic--specifially bringing Canadian maple syrup into Mexico--cropped up recently on the WhatsUpMaz forum. If you're not flying into Mexico from the US you have no problem at all. You have nothing you need to declare. I routinely bring in a case or two of wine when I drive to Mexico, along with canned and bottled goods. Guns, ammunition, drugs, and stolen vehicles are virtually all that Mexican Customs cares about.

However crossing the US/Mexican border into Nuevo Laredo on foot: that's something you might want to worry about.

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I'm sure that this comment was made tongue in cheek, but there is nothing to worry about crossing on foot in Nuevo Laredo. There hasn't been a gunbattle at the bridge for a couple of weeks now.

As far as your actual question, you have nothing to declare. I don't know if they even have the red light/green light Aduana signal for passengers crossing on foot. One thing I'm not sure of is where you will pick up your FMT when walking across. I assume you will be crossing at the old downtown bridge and I believe they have a station there. When one is driving it is usually done at the CIITEV vehicle permit facility which is located between the two bridges.

Yes, when walking across, pick up your FMT at the Immigration Office just off to your right as you walk into Nuevo Laredo. Usually not busy and staffed by a couple of older officers who are always very nice.

Thanks a bunch guys. I gather there won't be much shooting going on in the area in the beginning of the afternoon, except maybe some tequila :-).

Thanks for all this information

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After I posted my earlier comment, I remembered that 9 months a flower vendor who worked the first plaza on Guerrero a couple of blocks from the bridge was capped on one of the side streets late one night. Those dudes though are usually doing street sales in addition to the roses, so it was probably business related. But if you are interested in a little tequila, there is a fairly new bar across from that same plaza that might be a good place to kick back for a while if you are crossing early enough. It is only about a 15 minute cab ride to the Central from Guerrero and there are buses that leave about every half-hour that will get you to Sabinas Hidalgo.

I think it is really great that you are going to spend a few days in Sabinas Hidalgo before heading on. We have some friends who live in Bustamante---which is worth visiting by the way---and we pass through SH on the way there. Seems like a typical small town in Northern Mexico. Have a good trip.

Hey Alta, not sure about going alone in a bar in Mexico. I'll already be groggy from lack of sleep anyway. But yeah, I'll probably go see the grutas. Also looking forward to seeing Linares, Iturbide and Galeana in between Monterrey and Real de Catorce.