What happened
On October 6, 2026, TA Services announced it had acquired the assets and operations of Carmen Pacheco Transportation, LLC and Interload Forwarding, LLC, two family-owned logistics businesses operating in El Paso and Laredo, Texas. Richard Ibarra Sr. founded the family enterprise that became the two companies. The deal expands TA Services' transportation and warehousing operations in two of the busiest gateways for freight moving between the United States and Mexico. According to the announcement, the entire team of both companies and members of the Ibarra family will remain involved in the businesses. The deal includes trucking assets, five warehouses totaling more than 550,000 square feet and a truck yard of about 10 acres. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The buyer
TA Services, based in Mansfield, Texas, is the non-asset flagship division of PS Logistics, and provides multimodal brokerage, managed transportation, warehousing and cross-border logistics across the US, Mexico and Canada. Chief executive Scott Schell said: "Cross-border performance depends on what happens on both sides of the border and at every handoff in between." Founder Richard Ibarra Sr. said: "We built these companies by knowing our customers, keeping our word and taking care of the freight entrusted to us."
Why buyers want businesses like this
Cross-border freight depends on physical presence at the border and on the customs, warehousing and drayage relationships that make handoffs work. Those are difficult to assemble remotely. A buyer already operating on both sides of the border can add a local operator's facilities and staff and immediately offer a service its competitors cannot easily copy.
What it means if you own a similar business
Where a buyer is acquiring assets and operations rather than shares, the structure affects what you keep, what transfers and how the proceeds are taxed. If your family and staff are expected to stay involved, it is worth settling what that means in practice, and for how long, before anything is signed.
Read more in our guide to asset vs stock sale.
Source: TA Services, October 6, 2026
Summary of a public announcement; ExitBuy Co. was not involved in this transaction. General information only, not investment, legal or tax advice.
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