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01-10-2014, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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RV Trips into Mexico, and hopefully back...?
Some neighbors and I are contemplating a trip to PV or other places of interest in Mexico after my recent (commercially flown) trip there. I have made many trips to Mexico but never flown my RV there. It is something I know has been very widely written about and executed by many here.
However, recently, the Mexican government swooped in, military style, and placed leans on dozens? hundreds? thousands? of American and Canadian owned boats, seizing them, and refusing to let them leave the country. The reason claimed was failure to obtain the proper permit, which most of the boat owners had, but they where either not there to present the paper work, there where errors in the gov. records, or for "other" reasons, their boats where seized for "not paying the proper tax".
Obviously, this causes great concern should they choose to follow up this practice at airports.
For now, my Mexico trip planning is on hold until I see how they resolve this conflict.
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01-10-2014, 09:39 AM
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In the 1980s I went several times to Mexico when I owned a PA28 T Arrow.
I was a member of the Baja Bush Pilots organization as they provided all the information required as well as arranging group trips to Mexico..
I see that they still exist although there will have been changes over the years.
Here is a link to their organization and suggest you contact them
http://www.bajabushpilots.com/
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01-10-2014, 09:44 AM
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01-10-2014, 09:52 AM
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I flew my Mooney to Cabo 3 times last year without incident. Just make sure your paperwork is in order, you have Mexican insurance, you file proper flight plans, etc. There's a thread on Baja Bush Pilots from this past week where a guy talks about a great trip he just had to PV.
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01-10-2014, 09:54 AM
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Stories like that always make me feel there is more to the story.
I sailed to the Yucatan side twice. 2003 and 2005. Both times the goverment was delighted and was really working hard to develop tourism.
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01-10-2014, 10:00 AM
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New Mexican regulations require pilots to submit electronic Advanced Passenger Information to the Mexican government before every flight to/from Mexico. Whether you fly a C172 or a Gulfstream V, you need to comply. Fines from the Mexican government can be $5,000 (U.S. dollars).
FLTPLAN.COM can assist you with the Mexican eAPIS
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01-10-2014, 10:11 AM
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01-10-2014, 10:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kinger
New Mexican regulations require pilots to submit electronic Advanced Passenger Information to the Mexican government before every flight to/from Mexico. Whether you fly a C172 or a Gulfstream V, you need to comply. Fines from the Mexican government can be $5,000 (U.S. dollars).
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Check the extensive thread on Baja Bush Pilots on this topic. Only applies to commercial and charter ops.
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01-10-2014, 10:23 AM
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This all just happened. It's great that groups and individuals have had good experiences and made many trips in the past and there are support groups to help. Thanks for all the links.
However, these people that just got their boats seized seemed to be experienced too.
This thread is about the immediate threat based on this recent news.
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Last edited by JonJay : 01-10-2014 at 10:32 AM.
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01-10-2014, 10:48 AM
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Jon Jay you mentioned in your initial post the problem was with boats.
In Mexico there are crowds of folks from the north US and Canada who go down to Mexico every year to get away from the winter. They probably have a boat based down there and use it every winter. It is most likely these people who have run foul of the Mexican authorities.
When you go by plane you are only stoping at the airport for a few days and moving on and not trying to base your plane in Mexico.
However if you are not comfortable in flying to Mexico don't go.
If a trip to say Baja interests you go join a group fly out with the Bush Pilots.
Even in the 1980s there was lots of BS spread about by people who had no first hand experience of going south of the boarder.
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