Truck Carrying 'Laser Visas' That Allow Easy US Border Crossings Hijacked in Mexico Daniel Hernandez - VICE News
go to original June 25, 2015

A truck carrying US border crossing cards was hijacked in northern Mexico and the documents stolen, the US Embassy has confirmed.

In a statement Wednesday, the US said the theft happened on June 7, but did not specify where in northern Mexico it took place.

Authorities said the so-called "laser visas" would show up as stolen if anyone attempted to use them to cross into the United States. The crossing cards operate as visas for short-term trips to US border areas by Mexican holders in the border region, usually for day or shopping trips.

Arturo Montaño, spokesman at the US Embassy in Mexico City, told VICE News he could not confirm the location of the hijacking. "What's been stolen has been reported as such," he said.

Local reports, however, said the hijacking took place in the Tamaulipas state border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. The northeastern region of Mexico has seen persistent drug-cartel warfare related to smuggling routes into the United States.

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