Property sold in Mexico, need the money in houston. Thinking about bringing it myself but I smell trouble, plus 10k over is illegal. How have you transferred money?
bitcoins is the cheapest and fastest way to transfer large sums of money between countries. Also you wouldn't need a bank with bitcoins (it is Sunday).
I wire money all the time for work and usual bank charges are $20 - $40. We use HSBC. Amount is usually > $10,000