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Reuters
Reuters
Business
Lizbeth Diaz and Jose Luis Gonzalez

Anger mounts along Texas-Mexico border over long delays to commercial crossings

Mexican truck drivers block the Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge connecting the city of Reynosa to McAllen, Texas, to protest truck inspections imposed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in Reynosa, Mexico April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

Mexican truck drivers blockaded two busy bridges at the border with United States on Monday amid rising tensions on both sides over an order by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that has slowed commercial crossings between Mexico and Texas.

"We're desperate because we have to wait up to 15 hours to cross into the United States," said truck driver Pedro Gonzalez as he and others protested at the Zaragoza bridge connecting Ciudad Juarez to El Paso.

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