Garitas Explained

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 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 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 south of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 17 – 31.0876°N -109.5865°W
• Garita San Antonio – located south of Naco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2 – 30.9759°N -110.5792°W
• Garita Mututicachi – located south of Arizpe, Sonora, on Federal Highway 89
• Garita Agua Zarca – located south of Nogales, Sonora, on Federal Highway 15 – 31.163°N -110.9536°W
  • Garita San Emeterio – located south of Sonoyta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2 Garita Almejas – located south of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 37
• Garita Puerto de Janos – located near Janos, Chihuahua, (approximately southeast of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 10).
• Garita de Samalayuca – located south of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 45 – 31.3027°N -106.495°W
  • Garita El Pegüis – located west of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 16 Garita La Mula – located south of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on State Hwy 78.
• Garita Kilómetro 53 – located south of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, on Federal Highway 57 – 28.317°N -100.8995°W
• Garita Camarón – located south of Colombia, Nuevo León, on State Hwy 1. – 27.3022°N -100.0175°W
• Garita Kilómetro 26 – located south of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 85 – 27.2829°N -99.6082°W
  • Garita Parás – located northwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 30 Garita Ciudad Mier – located southwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 54
• Garita Arcabuz – located south of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Los Aldama, Nuevo León
  • Garita Kilómetro 35 – located 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 southwest of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 40 Actual location is within the state of Nuevo León – 25.9702°N -98.5884°W
• Garita Kilómetro 26 – located south of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 97 – 25.8728°N -98.2638°W
• Garita de las Yescas – located southwest of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 101

Garitas along the Mexico–Guatemala Border (listed in order from south to north)

Garitas in the Yucatán Peninsula

• • Garita Nuevo Xcan – located southwest of Cancún, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 180 Garita Tepich, located south of Valladolid, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 295
  • Garita Caobas – located west of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 186 Garita Dziuché – located northwest of PolyucMuna, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 184
• Garita El Ceibo – located west of Tenosique, Tabasco, on Federal Highway 203

External links

• Aduana Mexico. 2007. Aduanas 25 de las Reglas de Caracter General en Materia de Comercio Exterior para 2007.