Texas border bridges blocked as truckers protest inspections

Truck drivers have blocked two key border crossings in Texas to protest Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to implement state-run checkpoints to inspect northbound commercial vehicles arriving from Mexico.

Protests began Monday on the Mexican side of both the Ysleta/Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso and the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, which connects the Mexican city of Reynosa to Pharr, Texas.

“There is no commercial traffic flow at the Ysleta/Zaragoza facility [Tuesday] morning because of the blockade...

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