Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Veterans International Bridge border crossing that links I-69E/US 83 Brownsville, Texas, USA with Matamoros, Mexico.
Google Maps location: google.com/maps/place/Veterans+International+Bridge,+Brownsville,+TX/@25.9106382,-97.4672398,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x866f950360ce7023:0xb91ec57e2038dfbd!8m2!3d25.8857715!4d-97.4763808
Legally carrying firearms and/or ammo into Mexico strictly prohibited!
DO NOT ENTER MEXICO unless: a) have Mexican roots, b) speak Spanish AND c) look like a local non-white (brown skin) typical Mexican!
99.99% of all who cross the border by car fit that particular "description".
U.S State Department travel warning for State of Tamaulipas, Mexico (entire border area from Laredo to Brownsville): DO NOT TRAVEL!!!
travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html
"Tamaulipas state – Level 4: Do Not Travel
Do not travel due to crime and kidnapping.
Violent crime, such as murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, extortion, and sexual assault, is common. Gang activity, including gun battles and blockades, is widespread. Armed criminal groups target public and private passenger buses as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas, often taking passengers hostage and demanding ransom payments. Federal and state security forces have limited capability to respond to violence in many parts of the state.
U.S. government employees may only travel within a limited radius between the U.S. Consulates in Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros and their respective U.S. Ports of Entry. U.S. government employees may not travel between cities in Tamaulipas using interior Mexican highways and they must observe a curfew between midnight and 6:00 a.m. in the cities of Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo."
Drive safely AND stay alive!
Veterans International Bridge border crossing that links I-69E/US 83 Brownsville, Texas, USA with Matamoros, Mexico.
Google Maps location: google.com/maps/place/Veterans+International+Bridge,+Brownsville,+TX/@25.9106382,-97.4672398,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x866f950360ce7023:0xb91ec57e2038dfbd!8m2!3d25.8857715!4d-97.4763808
Legally carrying firearms and/or ammo into Mexico strictly prohibited!
DO NOT ENTER MEXICO unless: a) have Mexican roots, b) speak Spanish AND c) look like a local non-white (brown skin) typical Mexican!
99.99% of all who cross the border by car fit that particular "description".
U.S State Department travel warning for State of Tamaulipas, Mexico (entire border area from Laredo to Brownsville): DO NOT TRAVEL!!!
travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html
"Tamaulipas state – Level 4: Do Not Travel
Do not travel due to crime and kidnapping.
Violent crime, such as murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, extortion, and sexual assault, is common. Gang activity, including gun battles and blockades, is widespread. Armed criminal groups target public and private passenger buses as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas, often taking passengers hostage and demanding ransom payments. Federal and state security forces have limited capability to respond to violence in many parts of the state.
U.S. government employees may only travel within a limited radius between the U.S. Consulates in Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros and their respective U.S. Ports of Entry. U.S. government employees may not travel between cities in Tamaulipas using interior Mexican highways and they must observe a curfew between midnight and 6:00 a.m. in the cities of Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo."
Drive safely AND stay alive!
