Originally Posted by
cjjones051
I am a US citizen that flew SFO-MEX-SDQ for a week vacation 12-20 February 2021, and both times I was pulled for secondary screening. I was placed in a small room with multiple people (social distancing was not practiced), and the officials all claimed not to speak English and forced me to sit there and not explain anything. After a few hours, I was told to sign a document that was in Spanish and was released. I have flown to Cancun in 2013 and Cozumel in 2018 and did not have a problem entering or leaving Mexico, and my record is still spotless. i have Global Entry, so I am not a criminal. I have not been pulled for secondary screening at any other airport domestically or internationally.
-One form asked if I wanted to speak to the embassy; I said yes, and I was still denied a phone call.
-Cell phones were not allowed, so I couldn't use a translation app to communicate.
-The forms I signed a copy was not authorized to be given to me.
I am tempted to avoid any travel to or through Mexico at this point. Any advice on how to handle this in the future?
When you say that both times you were pulled for secondary screening, in which airport/airports did that happen for that week vacation?
Wasn't at least one of the forms the US's attestation form where you attest to you having met the US Government's Covid-19 testing requirement to fly to the US?
Was one of the forms possibly a form related to Mexico having considered you to have overstayed in Mexico (on a mistaken basis or otherwise)?
Was one of the forms done at MEX a form given to you to sign by the people doing the airside secondary screening that involves a patdown and cabin baggage item search?