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Teresa, New Mexico, just outside the city limits of El Paso, Texas.
It began its cattle-crossing operations in 1992.
The combined cattle-crossing facilities at San Jeronimo and
Santa Teresa were integrated facilities, consisting of 92 acres
that straddle the U.S.-Mexican border. Petitioner owned 39 percent
of the total acreage (at Santa Teresa), and Union Mexico owned 61
percent (at San Jeronimo). To cross the U.S.-Mexican border,
cattle walked approximately 120 feet from the San Jeronimo facility
(in Mexico) to the Santa Teresa facility (in the United States).
The Santa Teresa facility, together with the San Jeronimo
facility: (1) Provided efficiencies of scale for crossing cattle
over the U.S.-Mexican border by providing an integrated cattle-
crossing location; (2) improved the quality of the U.S. facilities
that receive Mexican cattle; (3) reduced theft, stress, and weight
loss of the cattle; and (4) reduced Union Mexico’s losses in
exporting cattle.
The San Jeronimo facility included a building with bathing
facilities, cattle pens, weighing facilities, and offices. It
housed Union Mexico’s cattle-crossing operations and provided
office space for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors
and their Mexican counterparts. At this location, Union Mexico
coordinated (1) the receipt of cattle from the trucks, (2) the
holding and feeding of cattle, (3) the weighing of cattle, (4) the
inspection of cattle, (5) the bathing of cattle, and (6) the
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