Roberto
Guest
A request for assistance has been circulating here. Drinking water, tarps for shade, Canned food, clothes, etc. for the people down south who have been pretty much wiped out by this storm. It has been devestating for the poorest of the poor as usual. The best and easiest solution is probably a cash donation to Cruz Roja, the Mexican Red Cross, who are heading up a relief effort. This seems to be a good organization, faily well run and responsive. If you try to bring 25 tarps or cases of water across without some prior approval of a donation and with all good intentions, you still may easily run up against the importation laws. You would if you were crossing into the US under similar circumstances. If you've got a social or religeous group up there that likes to help and are coming down maybe make a collection within the group and bring the cash down to donate. Just remember not more than $10,000 per person without declaring!! It needs to be soon also, from what I hear from family down there, things are desperate. The government is stepping in but we all know how that works out. The cartels will be kicking in also, probably faster than the Govt. I might go down next week but I always have a problem with Aduana when taking stuff out of the free zone. If you want to make a direct delivery, buy in Hermosillo they have all the discount stores there (not mentioning any names here for fear of...), and deliver the goods yourself. Best to go through Cruz Roja though.
