Smitty H,

If you "read beween the lines" of my posts -- because of my lack of knowledge of the process, it was incredibly stressful. Essentially, once I had paid to import my Ranger and without the "decal" (hologram and document) because I was now a Permanent Resident -- my truck was illegal and subject to being impounded -- and I had just paid approx $7000 USD to make it illegal. My discovering the Canadian regulations regarding exporting a personal vehicle, after several days of due diligence, and then contacting the Customs Broker in Laredo, yielded no assistance. They had their money, I was in La Manzanilla -- not their problem.

Footnote: I can't find the original doc -- but, I recall the fee for the Laredo Customs Broker was $1200 USD and the 99,000 pesos import fee was paid to the Customs Broker -- in US dollars (cash only). As a Canadian, with no Canadian banks in site -- well, that required a bit of resoursefulness.