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Military checkpoint. Scanner. Can be thorough at times when heading north.
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good experience, two young polite men. asked where we came from and to. smiled and had fun with them.
Report Check-Incaravanning with friends. they did a quick search of the first vehicle and waved us through.
Report Check-InI was waved thru going south. Today, going north, inspection. We managed to only let one person inside and filmed the whole time. Went fine. But I can see how with two inside theft could occur.
Report Check-InThe guy said he worked for Immigration. Asked for id and the FFM. That’s all. No search.
Report Check-Ingreat experience. asked where I was coming from where I was going and how I was doing. Fairly good English. They asked if I had a dog inside and I said yes and then they saw her and they just waved me through. (solo female)
Report Check-InBe careful here. I made a big mistake here of being distracted by multiple guards and took my eye off the one in the cab while another one was asking me something else. They stole 1000 pesos, a pocket knife, and flashlight. I realized it before I left the inspection and called them out and they played dumb. Bottom line is I messed up and if you only allow one to do the inspection and keep your eye on them, you should be fine.
Report Check-InNo search northbound today. This is the second time we’ve been through this checkpoint with no issues.
Report Check-InActive military checkpoint, they stoped us and asked if we can open our van. The man entered in the van and asked us to open all the drawers and the fridge. After 10 minutes of registration, he let us pass !
Report Check-InNo hassle southbound today. Friendly and courteous, no search.
Report Check-InPassed through going southbound, waved us right through. They did have northbound vehicles pulled over searching.
Report Check-InActive military checkpoint they were not stopping any southbound vehicles.
Report Check-InDrove south today and was not stopped. They were stopping people coming north.
Report Check-Innorthbound pretty chill, one guy very chatty, asking me for my phone #, calling me beautiful. distraction! made sure to go sit in my camper with the guy who was searching. he was deep in my laptop bag, usually I bring that into the car with me for checkpoints. overall didn't feel sketchy, guys were young and flirty, just invasive as all checks feel . Solo female with a med size dog, SUV and small camper.
Report Check-InAsked if we were married, talked about kids and where we were headed. Strange but friendly. Northbound no search.
Report Check-InGot stopped going southbound. Asked a lot of questions, wanted to see inside the vehicle. Spotted a flashlight and asked how much I paid for it and if I want to sell it. I refused to sell it and the search stopped. The guy was not unfriendly but gave the impression he wants to find or get something.
Report Check-Inheading Southbound: waved through. Seems like they focus on northbound travelers.
Report Check-InQuick stop today northbound. Opened side door, looked in, and sent us on our way!
Report Check-InTraveling northbound in a group of 2 vans around 4:00 pm. They talked to the van ahead of us and had us wait (we couldn’t pull up right behind them). They asked if we had cargo, I responded with “no, es mi casa” and then they waved us through.
Report Check-Inmilitary checkpoint. one lane. we just got waved through the scanner going southbound. no questions, no inspection.
Report Check-InOne lane currently. did have some kinda scanner you go through. he wanted to know where we were going and where we were coming from and where we were from. he wanted to open our slider but I said we had a dog and he said oh no, go ahead and waved us on. We were going northbound.
Report Check-Injust asked me where I was heading to. Check point reduced to one lane. All good
Report Check-InEasy pass through. Just asked name and destination. Very oddly though we had to drive through a gamma ray scanner. Are they checking for nuclear weapons?!?!
Report Check-InDown to one lane for North and South bound but waved us through.
Report Check-InGoing southbound they waved me through. I accidentally had my cell phone light shining and pointed at him, maybe he thought I was videoing !😬
Report Check-InStopped by checkpoint - just asked where we were from and going to . . . They like Canadians with a dog! 2 second conversation and we were waved through
Report Check-InSouthbound: Simply waived through even though there were no other cars at all
Report Check-InTraveling Northbound ~11am in Sprinter van. Most thorough search of the past 3 months in Baja. ~30 minute search looking in every drawer in the vans interior. They found a decoy wallet and immediately handed back to me without looking inside. Seemed to be a very honest search until the very end, after turning up nothing illegal, decided to confiscate an electronic cigarette (nicotine only). Didn't ask for $$, and I didn't have the energy to argue...
Report Check-InNorthbound. Asked; where are you from?, where are you going? vacation? .. Made me roll down my rear (tinted) windows and said. ok, go.
Report Check-InOfficer came in our low roof van, immediately turned our bluetooth speaker on and asked how much it cost, asked if we only had one. Pretended to not understand Spanish and he got bored. He tried to open a cabinet that had a latch, couldn't get it open and just gave up. Said we were good and walked out. Bizarre experience, should know better not to leave electronics out I suppose.
Report Check-InVery nice, just asked where we were going. Only opened back of van, we are packed, just looked and sent us on our way. Main questions were about our cat, they were very nice.
Report Check-InGoing north Wanted to look inside rv opened all the cabinets after 10 minutes they let us through
Report Check-Innot nice, check inside the car, open eyerything, ask a lot of questions, about car price, about high, about things in the car and at least ask for a tip (we dont pay), not possible to took out his shoes (very sandy), not friendly, be prepered (way north)
Report Check-InOpen but no stopping on southbound side at 6:00pm. Thank goodness - racing the sun.
Report Check-InWaved through going southbound. Seemed to be searching more northbound vehicles.
Report Check-InHeading northbound they wanted us to open our pop-up trailer. Told them it would take 30 min to open it as door does not open without raising the roof and pushing out the beds.
Guy thought about it then just waved us h through.
Going northbound, military had us get out and checked the cab of our truck. Asked us where we came from, where we are going and asked for our passports. After about 6 minutes let us go
Report Check-InGoing south…Stopped us and asked where we were coming from and going to. Also asked if we were going to a home, we told him vacation. Let us pass thru. Northbound was being throughly checked out
Report Check-InGot stopped n searched headed north. Asked me where I'd been n where I was headed. Checked my passport n did I quick look thru the inside of my van. He saw my Army n Infantry stickers in the window n asked if I was military. They were cool n did their job n let me continue on my way.
Report Check-InStopped going northbound. Looked in the car. Asked for name, age, and where we were from.
Report Check-InThey were nice. Didn’t ask questions. Waved through going southbound.
Report Check-InStopped briefly - nice exchange. Just wanted to know if we had drugs or guns.
Report Check-Inthey asked to check inside our van which was normal for us at military checkpoints. the guy just opened a couple drawers then moved to our clothes bins. after he looked through one of my boyfriends he moved down to my bins and asked if it was mine, i said yes, then he moved to my underwear drawer and spent the most time looking through that, then said we were okay and left. being a girl, that was weird. we later met up with our friends that went through this checkpoint a couple hours earlier and said they also had checked through her underwear bin for an odd amount of time. so all i’m sayin is, hide ya undies ladies.
Report Check-InGoing north, they checked our camper for like 10 minutes, another guy asked questions and took our personal details but they were all very friendly!
Report Check-Innice people, they checked inside the van and asked us questions on our travel, no problems.
Report Check-InHeading north. The soldier asked us where we were from and then waved us on through. We didn't have to show any documents or get out of the car for inspection.
Report Check-InPretty thorough inspection, they got up in our camper and poked around, opened drawers, etc. One soldier had a Go Pro filming the inspection and another took info from my license.
Report Check-Inbig checking on our car and everything.
all our staff and on the back. ask many things: where we did, where we go, what we do on the life,...
all good and professional.
we drive south and nobody in this line, just pass through, look like only for north way.
Report Check-InOpen on both our south and north routes. Hopped inside our van, opened a few drawers and a cabinet, made some jokes, asked us where we were coming from and where we were going, and let us carry on. Very friendly.
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they stopped our sprinter van and opened it up. Looked in a couple drawers and asked if we had any drugs or weed. Then we left.
Heading south it’s a little further along the road then the coordinates suggest. It is not closed. Asked where we were and where we were going. Northbound looked to be a pretty good search. Saw people outside their cars while 3 guys were searching their vehicle.
Report Check-InStandard checkpoint, keep your eyes on the guy inside. Was open on both my north and southbound route.
Report Check-InThis checkpoint is most definitely open as of 2/20/2019. The soldier with machine gun wave is through heading south, after I told him we’re tourists.
Report Check-Inthis military checkpoint is open again. We passed through with a couple of questions and no search of the interior of the van. A very pleasant young soldier with broken English
Report Check-InThis military checkpoint appears to be closed. there was no one there and we drove straight through.
Report Check-InNo problem with this one. Didn’t even check inside of trailer. Very friendly
Report Check-InWhen we arrived, everybody seemed to be chillin and we weren’t sure of the signal they were doing, waving to continue or to stop..?
So we stopped and they took the opportunity to do a little inspection inside the van asking all kinds of weird questions we couldn’t really understand (jokes i think). They saw our 2 cats and were asking if we had more, we said no, wish is true. They asked if we had marijuana, all these things then they left. (took like 3 minutes). Everytime we cross a military stop, we turn on the go pro to look inside our van from the dashboard so, sometime they see it and i think it protects us a little more in case of anything. But they are usually nice. :)
Easy. Nobody in southbound lane. All guys were hiding in the shade or waiting for cars going north.
Report Check-InNo trouble, no search. Asked if we spoke Spanish, we said a little and he said he spoke a little English so conversation was minimal.
Asked where we came from, if we were on vacation and “no guns or drugs?” We said no and he sent us on our way!
Heading south this was by far the most thorough search. Two of them separately looked through almost every bag inside our rv.
Report Check-InIt's a few km before gps. Nice guys one from San cristobal. Checked vehicle with dog.
Report Check-InNice guys, inspected my van, looked in the garbage, through my dirty laundry, under my bed, and asked where I came from and if I had reefer. Inspection took about five minutes before they were satisfied and sent me on my way.
Report Check-InHeading southbound - we were asked standard questions about where we were going and where we came from and what was in our van. They didn't inspect inside though. Easy, 30 seconds.
Report Check-InThorough inspection but kind officers who spoke good English. Took 10 minute and we were on our way.
Report Check-InVery thorough search that lasted about 15min but really nice guys
Report Check-InThis checkpoint is by far the most thorough in Baja, when headed Northbound. They combed through our entire ride, took about 25 minutes. Recorded our vehicle, and driver's name. There was also a drug dog there. Pack your weed up real tight!!
Report Check-InMilitary checkpoint. Can be thorough at times when heading north.
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