Americans there on business may be trying to get back. Snowbird tourists would be coming back. Lots of reasons to keep the traffic coming back north for the benefit of US citizens.
Believe it or not, there are a great many companies from all over the country that have sales people visiting the border cities on business. I have one friend that used to do it every 6 weeks or so calling on warehouses and other companies in Mexico along the border that use materials handling equipment.
However, word is pretty much out among the snowbirds to stay away from Mexico unless they absolutely have to go.
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Mexico deploying guards to protect commuter routes for Americans
Tue Feb 10 13:27:22 2009 · by AuntB · 13 replies · 323+ views
Dallas morning news ^ | Feb. 7, 2009 | ANGELA KOCHERGA
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – As violent crime surges, this border city and international manufacturing center is deploying security forces to create safe commuter routes for U.S. executives and others who work in industrial parks. Ciudad Juárez is home to 380 maquiladoras, factories where Mexican workers assemble products for foreign companies. Most are U.S.-owned or subsidiaries. The factories employ more than 230,000 people. So officials created special commuter routes leading to and from industrial parks to protect workers and managers. “The maquila industry is about 60 percent of the economy. And we know how important it is,” Mayor Jesús Reyes Ferris...
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