I was at the US-MEX border a few weeks ago at Nogales. For a long time I've wanted to see a train cross over at this point, but haven't been there at the right time. This time I was, however. It was quite interesting how they opened the big metal gate, which is actually in the US by about two feet. The borderline is marked on the rr tracks by a cement setting (6 inches wide) in the ground up to the metal tracjs and between them. The US customs officer inspecting the train as it went through stood up to the cement line and even on it, but never stepped across it--I watched for 25 minutes (it was a very long train full of American cars that were put together in a Mexican maquiladora). Likewise the Mexican customs officer stood up next to it on its south side, and they conversed a few inches apart, but never stepped over.

Dallen

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan S. Krogh [mailto:jan.krogh@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:05 AM
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Re: BYLTLV remark

Sorry that I did not respond to this message before - last month I have been very busy.

I was writing "«neutral territory»" (sic!), and I understood it like border guards from all the three countries accepted that visitors from any country were _unofficially_ allowed to enter the platform without any formalities. Of course this is no official statement and must be "taken for what it is".

I do not agree with Karolis! Border officials (and their guests) may pass the actual border while in duty according to agreement (not included in the referred agreement which only concerns the building of the platform!) between the bordering states. Therefore I - neither the border guards - have not penetrated the border illegally on our expeditions to the tripoints.

Jan

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