Sonoran Gov. Alfonso Durazo said during an event with Mexico’s president Sunday that she had approved an around $20 million project to build a new customs office at the San Luis Río Colorado Port of Entry into the United States.
The Sonoran town sits just south of the Arizona border, about 20 miles south of Yuma.
In 2024, the U.S. exported around $700 million worth of goods through that port of entry, according to the University of Arizona. That’s just a fraction of the amount that crosses through Nogales each year.
At the event with President Claudia Sheinbaum in the Sonoran port city of Guaymas, she and Durazo touted a slate of projects that they say will boost trade.
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Cattle from Mexico have been barred from the United States for most the past year to prevent the parasite from entering. Ranchers in Sonora say this method was a mistake. -
Mexico’s foreign secretary says 14,000 Mexican nationals remain in immigration detention in the United States as Mexico pursues consular and legal action. -
The move comes after a nearly yearlong ban of Mexican cattle into the United States to protect against the New World screwworm parasite. -
The San Luis port of entry from Sonora, Mexico, is Arizona’s westernmost border crossing, and could see delays for four to five months starting later this month. -
No cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite have been reported in Arizona, but USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the state has recommendations for ranchers to protect against it.
