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More and More Stolen Cars Are Being Taken to Mexico, Nearly Impossible to Recover

The California Highway Patrol says, in the last four years the number of stolen vehicles crossing the border into Mexico from California, Texas and Arizona jumped 79%.

Cars stolen in the U.S. are popping up in Mexico and are nearly impossible to recover.

More and More Stolen Cars Are Being Taken to Mexico, Nearly Impossible to Recover. Credit CBS Mornings
More and More Stolen Cars Are Being Taken to Mexico, and it is nearly impossible to recover them. Credit CBS Mornings

More than 850,000 vehicles were stolen in the U.S. in 2024, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In the last four years the number of stolen vehicles crossing the border into Mexico from California, Texas and Arizona jumped 79%, the California Highway Patrol says. “CBS Saturday Morning” follows one San Diego native’s grueling journey to get her stolen car back from Tijuana.

Source: CBS Mornings

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