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The Cattle Export/Import Business
Prior to the establishment of petitioner’s facilities, Union
Mexico owned three cattle-crossing facilities in the State of
Chihuahua, Mexico: Ciudad Juarez, Ojinaga, and Palomas.1 At each
of these facilities, cattle were inspected and bathed to rid the
cattle of parasites (bathing) before crossing into the United
States.
Before petitioner was incorporated, Union Mexico did not own
any cattle-crossing facilities in the United States. Rather,
cattle crossed into the United States from Mexico by way of
unrelated, privately owned U.S. stockyards.2
Union Mexico organized petitioner to own and operate a cattle-
crossing facility (the Santa Teresa facility) on the U.S. side of
the U.S.-Mexican border directly across the border from its San
Jeronimo facility. The Santa Teresa facility was located in Santa
1 At the time of trial, only the Ojinaga and Palomas
facilities operated.
2 Kattle Kare, Inc., operated by Butch Stevens, owned a
stockyard in Columbus, New Mexico, directly across the U.S.
border from Union Mexico’s Palomas facility. Prior to the
construction of the San Jeronimo/Santa Teresa facility, the
Palomas/Columbus cattle crossing was the predominant U.S.-Mexican
cattle crossing. During the years in issue, Kattle Kare, Inc.
charged $3.50 per head of cattle for crossing the border and 1
day of boarding (including hay for 1 day).
In addition, several privately owned corrals existed with
respect to the Ojinaga facility (used to house the livestock on
the U.S. side of the border).
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