Leon, GUA to Ciudad Juárez, CHH freight

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The Leon to Ciudad Juárez corridor runs within Mexico.

Direction

Domestic Mexico

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led corridor

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Leon market (Leon, Lagos De Moreno, León De Los Aldama, San Francisco Del Rincón, San Juan De Los Lagos, and Purísima Del Rincón) with the Ciudad Juárez market (Ciudad Juárez and Samalayuca), running within Mexico. Brokers post this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

What ships from Leon

Freight out of the Leon market leans toward automotive parts, food and beverage and fresh produce based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led corridor. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Where this lane picks up

Carriers on this lane pick up across the Leon area: Leon, Lagos De Moreno, León De Los Aldama, San Francisco Del Rincón, San Juan De Los Lagos, Purísima Del Rincón, San Roque De Montes, and León. Nearby markets that feed it include Irapuato, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Santiago de Querétaro, Morelia, and Guadalajara.

Where this lane delivers

Carriers on this lane deliver across the Ciudad Juárez area: Ciudad Juárez and Samalayuca. It also reaches nearby markets like El Paso, Alamogordo, Deming, Roswell, Alpine, and Agua Prieta.

Domestic Mexico

This is an intra-Mexico corridor: no border crossing. Loads on Mexican federal highways travel with a stamped carta porte, and Mexican carriers bid on domestic freight in the marketplace alongside international lanes.

Brokers post corridors like this to Cargado's marketplace, where vetted Mexico and Canada carriers bid and every counterparty is vetted before the first load moves.

More lanes from these markets

Every lane guide for Leon and Ciudad Juárez is listed on their lane hubs, by direction and destination country.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

León, GUA

León anchors Mexico's Bajío, where Guanajuato is the country's largest light-vehicle producer, with four assembly plants in the state and an auto-parts cluster at Guanajuato Puerto Interior in Silao. The León footwear and leather industry adds export freight, mostly to the United States. Puerto Interior covers 1,506 ha and combines a customs office and a Ferromex intermodal terminal.

Industries: Vehicle assembly, auto parts, footwear and leather, consumer goods

Plant: Four light-vehicle assembly plants in Guanajuato. 877,463 light vehicles built in 2025, 22.1% of the national total (operating). Source
Industrial park: Guanajuato Puerto Interior. 1,506 ha, 140 companies, 91 in auto and auto parts (operating). Source
Customs bridge/port: Aduana de Guanajuato (interior customs office) inside Puerto Interior (operating). Source
Intermodal or rail yard: Ferromex intermodal terminal inside Puerto Interior (operating). Source
Industrial park: SKYPLUS aerospace and logistics park of Puerto Interior, next to the Bajío International Airport and 12 km from León. 80 ha; first stage to receive more than US$20 million of infrastructure investment. Source

Distribution: Logistics service providers operate inside Puerto Interior, alongside its customs office and rail intermodal terminal.

Destination market

Ciudad Juárez, CHH

Ciudad Juárez is an export-manufacturing city on the U.S.-Mexico border across from El Paso, anchored by electronics and server assembly, electrical equipment, medical devices and auto parts. Freight moves north through the Ysleta, Bridge of the Americas and Santa Teresa crossings and by rail through El Paso and Santa Teresa. Chihuahua's exports reached a record $109.5 billion in 2025, led by electronics.

Industries: Electronics and servers, electrical equipment, medical devices, auto parts

Customs bridge: Ysleta port of entry in El Paso. $112.4 billion of truck freight in 2025 (operating). Source
Customs bridge: Bridge of the Americas land port of entry, which processes commercial, non-commercial and pedestrian traffic; commercial processing is scheduled to end in early 2028 when construction starts (operating). Source
Customs port: Santa Teresa port of entry in New Mexico. $33.0 billion of truck freight in 2025 (operating). Source
Intermodal or rail yard: Union Pacific Santa Teresa Intermodal Terminal, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (operating). Source
Industrial park: Santa Teresa Gateway Rail Park, next to the port of entry and served by the Santa Teresa Southern Railroad, with foreign trade zone space available. 1,300 acres; 225,000 units of annual lift capacity at the adjacent Union Pacific intermodal park (operating). Source
Airport: Ciudad Juárez airport cargo zone with a customs office and an X-ray area. 6 inspection platforms (operating). Source
Plant: Electronics and server assembly in Ciudad Juárez. About half of the servers used by major technology companies are made in Ciudad Juárez. Source

Distribution: Rail-served industrial park space at Santa Teresa, New Mexico, next to the port of entry, the Union Pacific intermodal terminal and a foreign trade zone.

Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.

Common questions about this lane

How do I find carriers for Leon to Ciudad Juárez?

On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.

What equipment is available on the Leon to Ciudad Juárez corridor?

Postings here are mostly dry van. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

Do carriers bid on domestic Mexico loads too?

Yes. Mexican carriers bid on intra-Mexico moves in the marketplace the same way they bid cross-border freight, with a stamped carta porte traveling on federal highways.

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