DreadNot said:
They can't. Don't bother with all that.
I have to beg to differ with that; my experience says otherwise.
I got busted crossing the border back in the early 90's, specifically by dogs. We were coming back across with all of our stuff stashed in the side running boards of my car when we were flagged for inspection. This was our first trip to mexico (for AS's) and was to be the first cycle for myself and the guy I was with so we didn't know much about this sort of thing, but we were of the same mind as you stated regarding dogs; we thought we would be safe (all we had were AS's - no drugs of any other kind).
We got out and they did the standard physical search which we passed no problem - but then they brought out the dogs. And not just any ordinary dog apparently. There was a dog sitting about 10-15 ft from my car which we had seen do several searches while we had been waiting, but they specifically bypassed this dog and brought out a different one to do our search. It made a quick pass around the vehicle and everything seemed to be ok, but then it looped right back to where we had everything and started going crazy - no doubt we were busted at that moment. So, whether it was the gear itself or some ancillary smell from the pharmacies or something, it was definitely the dog that did us in. I can't remember everything we had, but I know we had a lot of sustanon readyjects, some bottles of enanthate and some other stuff - both vials and boxes with push tabs.
But on another note, I can vouch for what some others have posted regarding the supposed dangers and whatnot of traveling and buying in Mexico, at least at that time. We never had any problems with any dangers or violence. Not that those considerations should be taken lightly, but if you use common sense, keep your head about you, don't travel alone and all that stuff, you should be alright. That first trip (for AS's) was short and to the point - a single day in a single border city - but I had been to other border towns before and actually made another buying trip a few years later that lasted a few days and basically spanned most of the Texas border (traveling exclusively on the mexican side) including some deeper towns - with no incidents to speak of. Of course, it does help if you have a local contact or at least bring someone that's a strong spanish speaker. You can get by without that though in the border towns.
And of course, the customs and police agents are not just corrupt on the mexican side. We got caught at the U.S. side and were basically extorted. No charges were filed, but they took what little money we still had on us, gave us another amount to come up with by a certain time the next day and basically held my car for ransom until we came up with it. So we ended up wandering the streets of Nuevo Laredo for a couple of days with nowhere to stay and doing everything we could to get the money wired to us. Their promise of no record or paper trail was empty too btw; when I made the second trip a few years later this little incident did pop up at a customs checkpoint when they ran my id. Luckily we had nothing on us that time because they did search my car complete with taking a few pieces off 'til they were satisfied we didn't have anything.
I would also be very leary of using those mexican scripts for declarational purposes, as someone else mentioned. We did end up having to purchase a couple of scripts in mexico for use at the pharmacies, but to my understanding those things provide no legal grounding for importation to the U.S.. Unless the laws have changed that is. I've just recently gotten interested in doing a cycle or two again and the state of the game has definitely changed since the early/mid 90's. So that might be feasible. But by far the biggest difference I'm finding so far is the internet; it seems to be
the way to go now. That's what I'm interested in learning more about now. It seems like it could be a great blessing with a little more research, but things like the recent bust of the major mexican suppliers have me concerned ...