The Department of Homeland Security announced on October 15, 2015, that Secretary Jeh Johnson and Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Luis Videgary Caso, formally signed the U.S.-Mexico Cargo Pre-Inspection Program.

The Cargo Pre-Inspection Program, “allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Mexican Customs officers to work side-by-side to facilitate the rapid, secure flow of goods across our shared border, enhancing the economic competitiveness of both countries.” The program will help to strengthen and grow on the already existing commercial relationship between the U.S. and Mexico.

The program will begin operations at the Laredo International Airport in Laredo, Texas and the Mesa de Otay Customs Facility in Baja California, Mexico later this year. A third site in San Jeronimo, Chihuahua is also being planned for a later release date.

To see a Readout of Secretary Johnson’s trip, please see here