Crime, Safety, and the Police

[Jackie888]

What is the best route to get back to the Sentri lane from the Zona Norte and avoid enterprising LEO on a weekend?

[Captain Solo]

Saturday night 6 PM I was driving back to the SENTRI lane. After passing hotel Pueblo Amigos, I entered the intersection and cut into the line of cars on Padre Kino waiting to enter the SENTRI lanes, just when the Trasnito guy pulled the yellow tape and closed the lanes to traffic. This intersection is usually open, access is controlled only when traffic is heavy like commuting hours on weekdays.

I was in the middle of the intersection with cars all around me. He gestured for me to back up but I was stuck, could not back up, so I asked the guy to lift the tape for me to enter SENTRI lanes. He looked pissed, got on his phone and called in Transito.

2 guys wearing yellow Transito vests walked out from somewhere in the dark. They gestured for me to follow them and drive off to the side street. One guy asked to see my driver license. He was berating me in Spanish which I understood jack, but my wingman interpreted for me. I told Transito guy to go ahead and give me a ticket. He kept talking, threatened to slam me with tickets for traffic violation and attempt to bribe public officials, total 8,000 pesos or $400 LOL. There are no traffic tickets in Mexico worth $400 hehe. Besides, he did not even have a ticket book. He was only trying to scare me.

After berating me a few minutes which I understood jack, he asked me to apologize to him then his partner, returned my driver license and let me go. We drove off the side street and reentered Padre Kino car line 5 minutes later, the 3 Transito guys had all gone!

These Transito guys seem to have short fuses. Don't try their patience hehe.

[SpeedToys]

As usual, this makes no sense. I really doubt you have a lawyer, Judging from your previous reports.

It's also how he keeps those aggressive meseros away too.

[Dogers69]

Yes definitely the female agents do the inquiry, my whole life story how I'm even in California to begin with, how I got the money to get to California and Mexico, who I know in Mexico, if it annoyed me enough ID tell them to get the boss as they are asking me questions I don't have to legally answer. Its the same thing on amtrak 4 times a year when the DEA shows up to my seat I tell him stop asking me questions I have a lawyer and he walks away.

[Phordphan]

Yes that's true So it is best try and avoid having to deal with being hassled.

I don't think you understand the point. The agents are looking for tells. Shifty looks, nervousness, sweating, evasive behavior. THAT is what gets you sent to secondary. They are not interested in whether or not you've been clubbing. They do not have time to send every pervert to secondary. It's a waste of everybody's time. Generally speaking, you have to do something particularly stupid to be sent to secondary when crossing on foot.

[JohnLucid]

Who gives a shit what a female agent thinks?

Every time I've had a female agent, she asks what I'm up to. I always say clubbing. But the funniest part is when they ask to search my bag. All I've got in there is a dildo, furry tail butt plug, big bottle of lube, and a big box of condoms. Their searches always abruptly end. Next time, I'm finding raunchier things to bring across. And, in fairness, what TF do they think a single guy crossing the border with just a backpack is up to?

[Hargow20]

Yes that's true So it is best try and avoid having to deal with being hassled.

Detain you for what? Unless you're carrying contraband, like drugs, or k*ddie pr0 n on your phone, they can do nothing. They can send you to secondary, they can have you empty your pockets. They could look at your phone, although that would be quite rare. They can annoy you and cause you to waste a few minutes, but that's about it. They really do have bigger fish to fry. Go easy on the paranoia, unless you truly are up to something nefarious. And if you can, apply for SENTRI and avoid most of the nonsense altogether.

[ClamSlammer]

Despite what a clueless poster may assert, these are the facts:

1. CBP can detain you for no reason. Your 4th Amendment rights do not apply at ports of entry. And if they send you to secondary, it could last hours, not just a few minutes. And they cannot search your phone any longer. A federal judge ruled it illegal about a year ago. And applying for Sentri does not automatically exclude you from being detained. Sentri holders do not have any different rights than a person crossing through the regular line.

[Phordphan]

CBP cannot do much. But they might decide to detain you and question you to make your life difficult. It's a bit hard to say. But it is best to avoid unnecessary problems.

Detain you for what? Unless you're carrying contraband, like drugs, or k*ddie pr0 n on your phone, they can do nothing. They can send you to secondary, they can have you empty your pockets. They could look at your phone, although that would be quite rare. They can annoy you and cause you to waste a few minutes, but that's about it. They really do have bigger fish to fry. Go easy on the paranoia, unless you truly are up to something nefarious. And if you can, apply for SENTRI and avoid most of the nonsense altogether.

[Hargow20]

CBP cannot do much. But they might decide to detain you and question you to make your life difficult. It's a bit hard to say. But it is best to avoid unnecessary problems.

What difference does it make? CBP is not the morality police and there is nothing they can do about anybody visiting HK. Who gives a shit what a female agent thinks?

[DramaFree11]

What difference does it make? CBP is not the morality police and there is nothing they can do about anybody visiting HK. Who gives a shit what a female agent thinks?

Correct, but they can send you to the secondary inspection and that totally sucks.

[LuvMexicanas]

What difference does it make? CBP is not the morality police and there is nothing they can do about anybody visiting HK. Who gives a shit what a female agent thinks?

None to you and me, or people like us, but the number of times some variation of the question of what to say when crossing back into the states gets asked seems to indicate some on this board suffer from anxiety or seek the path of least resistance.

[Phordphan]

That sounds logical to me because women are naturals at interrogation, as they've honed that skill on men for thousands of years.

What difference does it make? CBP is not the morality police and there is nothing they can do about anybody visiting HK. Who gives a shit what a female agent thinks?

[LuvMexicanas]

I have noticed lately the male CBP are much less likely why were in Mexico. So you are better off standing in line where there more more male CBP officers.

That sounds logical to me because women are naturals at interrogation, as they've honed that skill on men for thousands of years.

[Hargow20]

I have noticed lately the male CBP are much less likely why were in Mexico. So you are better off standing in line where there more more male CBP officers.