JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Getting caught driving with alcoholic breath in this Mexican border city is neither cheap nor easy to quickly put behind.
Fines start at $400 and your vehicle will stay in an impound lot for a week, per a city ordinance. Your fingerprints and photograph will be placed in a permanent police file.
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And the laws that got you arrested in Juarez differ substantially from what Texas, New Mexico and all but one U.S. state (Utah) consider legally drunk. The standard here is .05 blood-alcohol level (BAC), compared with .08 in most U.S. states.
Three 12-ounce Modelo Especial beers consumed within an hour can get a 170-pound person there, according to an online calculator from the University of New Mexico…