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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:25 PM Yesterday

Stolen cars being smuggled to Mexico, where they're almost impossible to recover

Tijuana, Mexico — After a month away, Catherine Vermillion came home to her San Diego apartment and an empty parking space.

"I looked up and realized my car was gone," Vermillion told CBS News. "I remembered that I had an AirTag in the car, so I checked my phone, and the AirTag showed that my car was in Tijuana, Mexico."

When she saw where the AirTag popped up, she said she was in "shock and disbelief."

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"They just said that because it's across the border, they're not able to go and get it even though I could show them it was only 45 minutes away," Vermillion said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stolen-cars-being-smuggled-mexico-145750070.html

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Stolen cars being smuggled to Mexico, where they're almost impossible to recover (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
This has been going on for a very long time CatWoman Yesterday #1

CatWoman

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1. This has been going on for a very long time
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:32 PM
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I lived in El Paso over 20 years ago and it was a known fact that not only were cars being stolen and driven over the border to Mexico, some Mexican officials were in on it.

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