Garitas
{{short description|Federal inspection stations of the Mexican government}}
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Garitas or retenes (singular: retén) are federal inspection stations operated by the Mexican government.
They are officially known as "garitas de revisión" (checkpoints). They are usually located within {{convert|50|km}} of the national border with the United States, Belize, and Guatemala. They function as immigration checkpoints, where documents and cargo are to be inspected.
The United States Border Patrol operates a similar series of checkpoints. These are also referred to as garitas by the Latin American community.
List of garitas in Mexico
Garitas along the Mexico–U.S. Border (listed in order from west to east)
- Garita Pichilingue – located {{convert|17|km}} south of La Paz, Baja California Sur, on Federal Highway 11
- Garita Santa Rosalía – located along Federal Highway 1 in Baja California Sur
- Garita Cabullona – located {{convert|28.5|km}} south of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 17 – {{coord|31|5|15.45|N|109|35|11.31|W||name=Garita Cabullona}}
- Garita San Antonio – located {{convert|117.5|km}} south of Naco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2 – {{coord|30|58|33.17|N|110|34|45.20|W||name=Garita San Antonio}}
- Garita Mututicachi – located {{convert|163.5|km}} south of Arizpe, Sonora, on Federal Highway 89
- Garita Agua Zarca – located {{convert|21|km}} south of Nogales, Sonora, on Federal Highway 15 – {{coord|31|9|46.74|N|110|57|12.84|W||name=Garita Agua Zarca}}
- Garita San Emeterio – located {{convert|27|km}} south of Sonoyta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2
- Garita Almejas – located {{convert|42|km}} south of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 37
- Garita Puerto de Janos – located near Janos, Chihuahua, (approximately {{convert|235.2|km}} southeast of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 10).
- Garita de Samalayuca – located {{convert|72|km}} south of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 45 – {{coord|31|18|9.72|N|106|29|42.06|W||name=Garita de Samalayuca}}
- Garita El Pegüis – located {{convert|47|km}} west of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 16
- Garita La Mula – located {{convert|47|km}} south of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on State Hwy 78.
- Garita Kilómetro 53 – located {{convert|52.6|km}} south of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, on Federal Highway 57 – {{coord|28|19|1.30|N|100|53|58.05|W||name=Garita Kilómetro 53}}
- Garita Camarón – located {{convert|55|km}} south of Colombia, Nuevo León, on State Hwy 1. – {{coord|27|18|7.76|N|100|1|2.85|W||name=Garita Camarón}}
- Garita Kilómetro 26 – located {{convert|26|km}} south of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 85 – {{coord|27|16|58.39|N|99|36|29.68|W||name=Garita Kilómetro 26}}
- Garita Parás – located {{convert|20|km}} northwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 30
- Garita Ciudad Mier – located {{convert|14|km}} southwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 54
- Garita Arcabuz – located {{convert|50|km}} south of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Los Aldama, Nuevo León
- Garita Kilómetro 35 – located {{convert|35|km}} southwest of Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Peña 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 {{convert|32|km}} southwest of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 40 Actual location is within the state of Nuevo León – {{coord|25|58|12.89|N|98|35|18.06|W||name=Garita Kilómetro 30}}
- Garita Kilómetro 26 – located {{convert|26|km}} south of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 97 – {{coord|25|52|21.93|N|98|15|49.76|W||name=Garita Kilómetro 26}}
- Garita de las Yescas – located {{convert|59|km}} southwest of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 101
Garitas along the Mexico–Guatemala Border (listed in order from south to north)
- Garita Viva México – located {{convert|8|km}} northwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, on Federal Highway 200
- Garita El Garitón – located {{convert|1360|km}} southeast of Mexico City on Federal Highway 190 Actual location is several kilometers (miles) northwest of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas
- Garita El Carmen Xhan – located in Carmen Xhan, Chiapas
- Garita San Gregorio Chamic – located {{convert|27|km}} west of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas, on the State Hwy to Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas
- Garita Tzimol – located near Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas
- Garita Quija – located {{convert|22|km}} northwest of Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, on Federal Highway 190
Garitas in the Yucatán Peninsula
- Garita Nuevo Xcan – located {{convert|90|km}} southwest of Cancún, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 180
- Garita Tepich, located {{convert|50|km}} south of Valladolid, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 295
- Garita Caobas – located {{convert|80|km}} west of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 186
- Garita Dziuché – located {{convert|42|km}} northwest of PolyucMuna, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 184
- Garita El Ceibo – located {{convert|56|km}} west of Tenosique, Tabasco, on Federal Highway 203
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120224013954/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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