Garitas

Garitas or Retenes (singular: retén) are federal inspection stations operated by the Mexican government. They are officially known as a "Garita de Revisión." They are usually located within 50 kilometers of a national border (with the United States, Belize, or Guatemala) and they function as immigration checkpoints, where documents and cargo are to be inspected.

The United States Border Patrol operates a similar series of checkpoints. These are also referred to as garitas by the Latin American community.

List of Garitas in Mexico

Garitas along the Mexico-U.S. Border (listed in order from West to East)

• Garita Pichilingue - located 17 km south of La Paz, Baja California Sur, on Federal Highway 11.
• Garita Santa Rosalía - located along Federal Highway 1 in Baja California Sur.
• Garita Cabullona - located 28.5 km south of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 17. --
• Garita San Antonio - located 117.5 km south of Naco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2. --
• Garita Mututicachi - located 163.5 km south of Arizpe, Sonora, on Federal Highway 89.
• Garita Agua Zarca - located 21 km south of Nogales, Sonora, on Federal Highway 15. --
• Garita San Emeterio - located 27 km south of Sonoyta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2.
• Garita Almejas - located 42 km south of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 37.
• Garita Puerto de Janos - located near Janos, Chihuahua, (approximately 235.2 km southeast of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 10).
• Garita de Samalayuca - located 72 km south of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 45. --
• Garita El Pegüis - located 47 km west of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 16.
• Garita La Mula - located 47 km south of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on State Hwy 78.
• Garita Kilómetro 53 - located 52.6 km south of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, on Federal Highway 57. --
• Garita Camarón - located 55 km south of Colombia, Nuevo León, on State Hwy 1. --
• Garita Kilómetro 26 - located 26 km south of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 85. --
• Garita Parás - located 20 km northwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 30.
• Garita Ciudad Mier - located 14 km southwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 54.
• Garita Arcabuz - located 50 km south of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Los Aldama, Nuevo León.
• Garita Kilómetro 35 - located 35 km southwest of Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Peña Blanca, Tamaulipas.
• Garita El Vado - located just south of the official Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordaz international crossing, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas.
• Garita Kilómetro 30 - located 32 km southwest of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 40. Actual location is within the state of Nuevo León. --
• Garita Kilómetro 26 - located 26 km south of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 97. --
• Garita de las Yescas - located 59 km southwest of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 101.

Garitas along the Mexico–Guatemala Border (listed in order from South to North)

• Garita Viva México - located 8 km northwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, on Federal Highway 200.
• Garita El Garitón - located 1360 km southeast of Mexico City on Federal Highway 190. Actual location is several kilometers northwest of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas.
• Garita El Carmen Xhan - located in Carmen Xhan, Chiapas .
• Garita San Gregorio Chamic - located 27 km west of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas, on the State Hwy to Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas.
• Garita Tzimol - located near Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas.
• Garita Quija - located 22 km northwest of Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, on Federal Highway 190.

Garitas in the Yucatán Peninsula

• Garita Nuevo Xcan - located 90 km southwest of Cancún, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 180.
• Garita Tepich, located 50 km south of Valladolid, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 295.
• Garita Caobas - located 80 km west of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 186.
• Garita Dziuché - located 42 km northwest of PolyucMuna, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 184.
• Garita El Ceibo - located 56 km west of Tenosique, Tabasco, on Federal Highway 203.

References

• Aduana Mexico. 2007. Aduanas 25 de las Reglas de Caracter General en Materia de Comercio Exterior para 2007.