1.   Last year, more than a half-million pounds of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine were seized at border ports from El Paso to Brownsville.

2.   Mexican truckers were miffed about the rules, even blocking border entry ports to drive their point home.

3.   Shippers use Mexican seaports, not border land ports.

4.   That meeting will be preceded by a tour of the border port and the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso and briefings with officials from various federal agencies.

5.   The northern border ports include Derby Line and Highgate Springs in Vermont, and several points in Maine.

6.   The process has created delays in cargo delivery due to traffic congestion and bottlenecks at border ports.

7.   The U.S. Customs Service responded with Operation Hardline, putting new tactics and gadgets into use at border ports.

8.   Today, Camacho is director of the Southern California CMC, controlling border ports at San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico and Andrade.