Border Patrol agent Eric Mendoza speaks to the driver of a tractor-trailer passing through the Laredo North vehicle checkpoint in Laredo, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.
Smugglers routinely pack people entering the country illegally or drugs into tractor-trailers, counting on the vehicles not being opened at the inspection site.
(AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)SAN ANTONIO ā If you frequently travel into Mexico by car there are some new restrictions you need to know about COVID-19 checkpoints at the border.
According to KGNS TV in Laredo, the U.S Consulate in Nuevo Laredo released the details about the new restrictions.
According to the U.S. Consulate website, the number of confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 is still increasing daily in several regions of Mexico.