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Some checkpoints are permanent and some are set up on the fly. The only permanent checkpoint I know of on Hwy. 307 from Chetumal-Cancun is just south of Felipe Carrillo Puerto. They aren't only looking for drugs but also weapons, contraband, and unsavory characters who might be "bandidos". It's a deterrent. Remember, this is still a remote region of Mexico and highway bandits still occasionally work the roads. A few years ago, there were a string of robberies on a remote area of Hwy. 186 and the military stepped up their patrols and checkpoints and they subsided. If you're a tourist, you have nothing to be concerned about as far as the checkpoints. I go through them all the time.
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