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 The Veterans International Bridge between Brownsville, Texas and
Matamoros, Mexico remained closed on Monday evening, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier said.
Traffic was clearing around 7:30 p.m. at the Otay Mesa entry point
in San Diego, where protesters started blocking the Mexican approach
in the morning, Otay customs officials said.
As late as 8 p.m., the cargo lanes at the port of entry between
Calexico and Mexicali also remained closed, customs officials
confirmed.
The U.S. State Department on Sunday warned U.S. citizens to be ready
to encounter significant delays and problems at a number of U.S.
Mexico border crossings.
"The protests concern changes in Mexican customs regulations for the
importation of vehicles," it said in a message.
Mexico imported more than 640,000 used cars from the U.S. for resale
in 2013, while about 1 million Mexican-made cars were sold, a figure
that has stayed static for four or five years, a Mexican automotive
industry association said in a statement.
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Images on social media websites showed protesters on the Mexican
side of the Otay Mesa port of entry in San Diego, and at other
bridges and gates, holding signs condemning the new measures.
(Editing by Curtis Skinner and Clarence Fernandez)
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