Garitas or Retenes (singular: retén) are federal inspection stations operated by the Mexican government. They are officially known as a "Garita de Revisión." They are usually located within 50 kilometers of a national border (with the United States, Belize, or Guatemala) and they function as immigration checkpoints, where documents and cargo are to be inspected.
The United States Border Patrol operates a similar series of checkpoints. These are also referred to as garitas by the Latin American community.
Garitas along the Mexico-U.S. Border (listed in order from West to East)
Garita Pichilingue - located 17 km south of La Paz, Baja California Sur, on Federal Highway 11.
Garita Santa Rosalía - located along Federal Highway 1 in Baja California Sur.
Garita Cabullona - located 28.5 km south of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 17. --31°5′15.45″N 109°35′11.31″W
Garita San Antonio - located 117.5 km south of Naco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2. --30°58′33.17″N 110°34′45.20″W
Garita Mututicachi - located 163.5 km south of Arizpe, Sonora, on Federal Highway 89.
Garita Agua Zarca - located 21 km south of Nogales, Sonora, on Federal Highway 15. --31°9′46.74″N 110°57′12.84″W
Garita San Emeterio - located 27 km south of Sonoyta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 2.
Garita Almejas - located 42 km south of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, on Federal Highway 37.
Garita Puerto de Janos - located near Janos, Chihuahua, (approximately 235.2 km southeast of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on Federal Highway 10).
Garita de Samalayuca - located 72 km south of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 45. --31°18′9.72″N 106°29′42.06″W
Garita El Pegüis - located 47 km west of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on Federal Highway 16.
Garita La Mula - located 47 km south of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, on State Hwy 78.
Garita Kilómetro 53 - located 52.6 km south of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, on Federal Highway 57. -- 28°19′1.30″N 100°53′58.05″W
Garita Camarón - located 55 km south of Colombia, Nuevo León, on State Hwy 1. --27°18′7.76″N 100°1′2.85″W
Garita Kilómetro 26 - located 26 km south of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 85. --27°16′58.39″N 99°36′29.68″W
Garita Parás - located 20 km northwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 30.
Garita Ciudad Mier - located 14 km southwest of Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 54.
Garita Arcabuz - located 50 km south of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Los Aldama, Nuevo León.
Garita Kilómetro 35 - located 35 km southwest of Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas, on the State Hwy to Peña Blanca, Tamaulipas.
Garita El Vado - located just south of the official Ciudad Gustavo Díaz Ordaz international crossing, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas.
Garita Kilómetro 30 - located 32 km southwest of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 40. Actual location is within the state of Nuevo León. --25°58′12.89″N 98°35′18.06″W
Garita Kilómetro 26 - located 26 km south of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 97. --25°52′21.93″N 98°15′49.76″W
Garita de las Yescas - located 59 km southwest of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Federal Highway 101.
Garitas along the Mexico–Guatemala Border (listed in order from South to North)
Garita Viva México - located 8 km northwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, on Federal Highway 200.
Garita El Garitón - located 1360 km southeast of Mexico City on Federal Highway 190. Actual location is several kilometers northwest of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas.
Garita El Carmen Xhan - located in Carmen Xhan, Chiapas .
Garita San Gregorio Chamic - located 27 km west of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chiapas, on the State Hwy to Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas.
Garita Tzimol - located near Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas.
Garita Quija - located 22 km northwest of Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, on Federal Highway 190.
Garitas in the Yucatán Peninsula
Garita Nuevo Xcan - located 90 km southwest of Cancún, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 180.
Garita Tepich, located 50 km south of Valladolid, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 295.
Garita Caobas - located 80 km west of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 186.
Garita Dziuché - located 42 km northwest of PolyucMuna, Quintana Roo, on Federal Highway 184.
Garita El Ceibo - located 56 km west of Tenosique, Tabasco, on Federal Highway 203.
