Overview
- Mayor César Iván Sandoval Gámez said CBP sent him to secondary inspection at the San Luis, Arizona SENTRI lane on November 13 and notified him his visa was canceled.
- He reported being held for several hours and returned to Mexico without attending a planned environmental agreement signing in Yuma, Arizona.
- Sandoval stated there are no investigations against him in Mexico or the United States and described the action as administrative, adding that officers treated him respectfully.
- CBP and the U.S. government have not publicly given reasons for the revocation, and local reports say his vehicle was retained for hours and that relatives’ visas were also withdrawn.
- The episode follows recent visa cancellations involving the mayors of Nogales and Puerto Peñasco, raising concern over how such actions disrupt municipal coordination across the border.