No more check cashing in San Miguel?

[colleen]

This sounds pretty bizarre, but a friend just called from SMA and said that on Thursday he was told that Congress in the US actually did something and passed some kind of law outlawing the cashing of US checks at least in MX. He said that on Thursday they were told that they had 24 hours and that service would no longer be available and that it looked like a run on the bank on Friday with he and other gringos going for their last $ with US checks. Living in Gto, I find it amazing that they were ever able to cash a US check at a bank where they didn't have an account.

Has anyone heard of this? I seriously doubt that congress actually made it illegal. I did hear tho, from other sources, that it was going to be more complicated to wire transfer $ down here. That's what we do and I haven't checked with my little bank in WI.

Maybe some of you are on the SMA list and can pass along some interesting posts.