Important travel warning
If you are going to be driving to the US, be advised of a change in the enforcement of certain motor vehicle regulations regarding who can drive what, where. Falling afoul of these regulations may result in the CONFISCATION of your vehicle.
An acquaintance, a longtime legal resident of the US, who travels regularly between his beach condo in Sonora and his home in Arizona was made aware of these changes about a week ago when he left his US-registered car at the condo and drove his Mexican-registered truck back to Arizona so he could use it to move some furniture. He says he has driven his truck to Arizona dozens of times over many years in the past. This time, he was given a choice of returning to Mexico or having his vehicle confiscated, and warned that if he attempts to enter the US again in the vehicle that it will be confiscated the next time. He was also advised that his US-born wife is not allowed to drive a vehicle with Mexican plates in the US either, and that Mexican citizens who are not legal US residents are not allowed to drive vehicles with US plates in the US. (Are you still with me here?)
On further inquiry he was told that these laws have been in existence all along, but were formerly not enforced.
Well people, they are being enforced now, and vigorously from the look of it. We have since heard of two cases of people actually losing their vehicles.
I’ve been unable to locate any reference for these laws on quick search, but thought it more important to just let people know. This is really happening.