dougr52
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get this . it was HEB [brand] jerky..
made in Monterrey Mexico
made in Monterrey Mexico
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So what do you think happens to premeditated smugglers of prohibited contraband when arrested entering the country?What do you think will happen if one day they find it hidden so well that it could not be just an innocent oversight???
Have you been getting away with that? Even if true, it's not legal. Even for Doug, ignorance of the law is not much of a defense - lucky that you only lost the jerky, and not worse.I bring jerky everywhere. I just explain that it is buffalo/elk/venison and not specifically banned.
So what do you think happens to premeditated smugglers of prohibited contraband when arrested entering the country?
Have you been getting away with that? Even if true, it's not legal. Even for Doug, ignorance of the law is not much of a defense - lucky that you only lost the jerky, and not worse.
It's good to make travel fun and keep it easy, but we are still entering a foreign country with different regulations, restrictions, laws, etc. Not the same as visiting another state.
Reading the information and warnings in advance is a good idea, depending on where you look as there are many sites claiming to give info - varying with how it is rewritten. Our own State Dept really doesn't give much info, and the US Consulate for the Yucatan page Prohibited Items | Consulate of the United States Merida, Mexico seems other than trustworthy as they claim no "electronic devices/equipment (including cell phones)." Yeah, right. Next. :silly:
Referring to the actual Mexican Embassy site listing their custom regulations Mexican Customs: Regulations, Export-Import Procedures of Mexico Customs. I am reminded that we are only allowed one camera each. I guess I really should declare the three I travel with and pay the duties. Clearly prohibited under federal law...
Meat
Vegetables
Plants
Fruit
Flowers
Guns
Knives
Gee, I have stopped carrying my pocket knife when I leave the hotel. I guess I shouldn't have one even in the room, or in my possession at any time.
So anyway, meat is prohibited, regardless of the source, and jerky is simply dried meat. Now you know that you are smuggling, and the country is known to have really uncomfortable jails, your call...
I know it doesn't. I was using it as an example of bad info even from the closest US consulate office.this link makes no sense at all Prohibited Items | Consulate of the United States Merida, Mexico a camera is a electronic device, no liquids, so no suntan oil, no powder to put on my feet
My other link was not to a US list was it? Wasn't that a Mexican embassy site?Mexico's Customs list of allowed items does not agree with the US's list. For example, 2 cameras are OK but not 50 cigars (only 25.)
I'd go with Mexico: Pasajeros - What articles can a passenger introduce as part of his/her personal luggage?
and Pasajeros - What can introduce a passenger like part of their franchise?
:laughing: Okies don't need no stinkin' rules...!!Wow, got some old women on board here. Surprise you get on an airplane, much less go diving.
Wow, got some old women on board here. Surprise you get on an airplane, much less go diving.
:laughing: Okies don't need no stinkin' rules...!!
My mom is in her eighties; she flies to Cozumel every year (has done so every year since 1977), and she goes deep sea fishing, snorkeling, bar hopping around the island, and a couple of years ago she went up in a parasail. I submit that that old woman is a role model for us all.Wow, got some old women on board here. Surprise you get on an airplane, much less go diving.