The story of the crates

Our stuff was diverted out of San Salvador to La Union as a compromise to avoid paying the 15% duty. There was about 30 grand value of stuff in those crates.
La Union is where the main Naval Base is. A friend of ours arranged to have the Naval Captain recieve our stuff until a customs agent could view the crates going on to the boat.
In San Salvador there is no port. We offered to pay for a customs agent to come to our anchorage an hour away from San Salvador but they said we had to sail to La Union which is 18 hours away by sail.
The fact that the "crates" had navigational equipment and other parts that are nessessary for the journey did not seem to change thier mind. I am told that they have no clue as to what is required to sail. La Union is the closest customs on the coast. They like to follow the "rules" here and can't be really creative when the rules don't speak to the problem.
The truck was supposed to arrive at noon. It arrived around 8 in the dark and the naval base dock was under construction. Exposed beams, missing planks and no lighting. We used flash lights and truck head lights to load. I felt like we were doing something illegal.
The Customs guys left shortly after the crates were opened. There was a soccer game on so they stayed the bare minimum.
The Naval unit were really happy to help and stayed behind to help us load. We finished up around 11 pm througly exhausted.