AUSTIN, Texas — State troopers will stop inspecting incoming trucks in a second region of the state’s international border following new concessions to Texas‘s demands by a Mexican state, though inspections will continue across half of Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott agreed Thursday evening to cease inspections of commercial vehicles entering through West Texas in return for the Mexican state of Chihuahua agreeing to significantly boost security on its side of the border.

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