Mexico lifts empty-truck restriction after 700 tractors stranded at border

Mexican customs authorities have lifted a ban on empty commercial trucks entering Mexico through the border crossing in Eagle Pass, Texas. The ban ended a five-day disruption that stranded hundreds of tractors across the border in the Mexican city of Piedras Negras that forced carriers to scramble to reposition equipment. Mexico’s National Customs Agency, known as ANAM, reinstated empty-truck crossings from Eagle Pass into Piedras Negras on Monday after imposing the restriction Sept. 9. The restriction allowed trucks carrying freight to enter Mexico but prohibited empty trailers and tractors operating without trailers from crossing southbound through Piedras Negras.