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geoffff
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Guerrero Negro checkpoint bypass
Speaking of inspection checkpoints...
When I pass through Guerrero Negro, I usually take the airport road (goes round the airstrip and then to the west end of town) - and thereby bypass
the Hwy 1 checkpoint at the border between BC and BCS.
It doesn't slow me down as I'm usually going into town anyway to get groceries, gas, and whatnot, and I get a cheap thrill avoiding the checkpoint.
(Not that I'm smuggling anything.) Anyone else do this? Am I risking anything? I've never had an issue. Why have a checkpoint that's so easily
bypassed?
-- Geoff
[Edited on 8-21-2018 by geoffff]
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Rossman
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I think calling it a "checkpoint" is a bit over the top. It is an agricultural inspection station, manned by civilians, who charge you 20 pesos to
spray your southbound tires. Or one dollar if you don't have pesos. That being said, I usually take the same route as you suggest for the same
reason. Generally a stop at Banemex is necessary on my trips through the area, so that route is very convenient, but certainly not to save 20 pesos.
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4x4abc
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have been doing it for 30 years
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David K
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I tried the airport detour for the first time last year. The extra miles and town traffic in Guerrero Negro makes it not worth it, for me as I don't
go into Guerrero Negro for anything.
Here is what the state border (28° North Latitude) looks like on that road:
Here is looking east to the Eagle Monument on Hwy. 1 at the border, from that road:
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willardguy
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I've always gone along side the LaPinta by the defunct campground and across the field past the cemetery and into town....like all the other townfolk
do.
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Archie
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My only advice on using that road is to be really careful on weekends or after dark, since young folks like to use it for racing their little hondas,
burn some rubber or just driving really fast and really drunk to test their (lack of) skills. It's out of town and driving a few meters north you´re
out of jurisdiction of local policias.
I´ve seen people to use that bypass in xmas season to avoid the SAT (mex IRS) that parks in the agricultural station to collect taxes on goods people
bring from the north, but the last seasons we haven't seen them around.
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aguachico
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20 pesos and never an issue. Just tell them you buy your groceries in GN or Viz.
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mojo_norte
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not so long ago that was an immigration check also (Tourist card)
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David K
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The building is still there, it is just north of the ag spray stop. Last time I saw it manned was in 2012 and the officer just waved me on... 2009
and earlier, they checked the FMM or FM-T, but only southbound and that was only for about 10 years or so.
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Nextlevelbaja
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I've been harassed multiple times over the last 20 years at that checkpoint and always go around it. I'm usually ready for a delicious meal and more
fuel anyways.
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BajaMama
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Does the spray at the checkpoint cause some damage to paint finish I am unaware of? Hmmmm....
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by Nextlevelbaja  | I've been harassed multiple times over the last 20 years at that checkpoint and always go around it. I'm usually ready for a delicious meal and more
fuel anyways.
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Please explain "harassed"?
In 2001, the ag spray guy asked for a beer instead of the fee (I only had sodas, he accepted). Viva Mexico!
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Taking a bypass, and a roundabout way of continuing S/B on the highway to avoid 20 pesos in spray is just silly.
[Edited on 8-22-2018 by DaliDali]
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we always thought it was just plain water!
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DaliDali
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I can smell the definite odor of an insecticide
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We give him an extra dollar to not spray our rig.  
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Give me a dollar and I promise not to shoot rockets at your camp
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Cat pi$$
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I'll give you two bucks to ramp it up to your full arsenal. 
Go Dodgers
Go Rams
Go Lakers 
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David K
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Is this the about the famous Battle of La Gringa? 
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