City forges renewed cooperation

The City of Douglas and the Mexican Consulate, have renewed a cooperative spirit in an effort to promote the expansion and reconfiguration of the Douglas Port of Entry.

“The Douglas port of entry is a critical component for the economic development and the physical security of the region such so that the expansion and configuration port project requires a bi-national cooperative effort amongst U.S. and Mexican authorities”, states Mayor, Dr. Michael Gomez.

“We understand Mexico is one of our largest trading partners, 88 percent of which trade actively moves by land, thus the condition of our land port of entry is critical to ensuring efficient trade. Our ports users and manufacturers in Agua Prieta have developed highly integrated production systems across our borders in which efficient borders are critical to supporting the productions of billion of dollars in goods and services every year as well as thousands of jobs to the people of Agua Prieta, which in turn shop in Douglas”

The Mexican Consulate in Douglas, which is an extension of Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provides local government a line of communication to the advances of Mexico’s proposed port expansion plans.