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You cannot ENTER Mexico if the original and legal papers including title are not in your name, and the name has to be spelled out EXACTLY as in your passport and driver license. My wife had her maiden name on her D/L and the bike was on her married name. NO CROSSING allowed until she corrected her D/L.
There is a way around that. My friend drove my Land Cruiser back from Costa Rica to USA and went through Mexico. The title was under my name. We had a notary letter of authorization and that seems to have been okay as the truck is now here...

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There is a way around that. My friend drove my Land Cruiser back from Costa Rica to USA and went through Mexico. The title was under my name. We had a notary letter of authorization and that seems to have been okay as the truck is now here...
Can you elavorate on that? I have a friend with jeep with guatemalan plates and I would love to take it back to the States for him. I was told once by the Mexican Embassy, that there was no way around this? to keep stolen cars/motos from being taken across borders, anymore, as a lot of USA stolen vehicles were being taken down to CA for stripping and such.
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Well I am not sure about Guatemalan plates - our truck was registered in Arizona. We had a letter that stated that such person was authorized to drive the vehicle, and we got it notarized with proper stamps. I even left it under my passport in Costa Rica and he was able to cancel the importation permit (which was under my name) but had to swear under oath in Spanish...



It's not the first time we do that. we had a group of business owners driving their Jeep to Panama, and most of the vehicles were under the corporation name, so everyone had a notarized letter and it went okay.

I am not sure I would trust the Mexican Embassy on this, I think it depends more on the mood of the custom guy that day, and how serious your letter is and professional your driver looks.

When I was operating Panama Passage we had an Aussie guy buying a bike from a girl from Colorado, and riding it back to the US. They only exchanged papers and cash in Panama City, and he hit the road like this!

So to go back to the original posting, I think it's possible to do it if you play your cards right.

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Can you elavorate on that? I have a friend with jeep with guatemalan plates and I would love to take it back to the States for him. I was told once by the Mexican Embassy, that there was no way around this? to keep stolen cars/motos from being taken across borders, anymore, as a lot of USA stolen vehicles were being taken down to CA for stripping and such.
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