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5 More Dead in Tijuana Over Weekend
The body count slowed over the weekend, but the violence continued with a shootout Saturday evening that left one person dead, four injured and 20 trucks and SUVs riddled with bullets on and near one of the city's main highways. The body count slowed over the weekend, but the violence continued with a shootout Saturday evening that left one person dead, four in... more
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Prostitutes in Tijuana Forced to Pay More for Testing
Health authorities in Tijuana now charge more for the medical tests required for sex workers. The price increase may keep many away from the doctor. Health authorities in Tijuana now charge more for the medical tests required for sex workers. The price increase may keep many away fr... more
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49 bodies found in Tijuana this week
Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug trade.
Violence has soared in Mexico since officials began a crackdown on the drug trade nearly two years ago.
Municipal police found five of the bodies Saturday between two small shopping centers in the eastern part of the city. The people had been beaten, and their hands were bound.
The bodies of two beheaded men were found wrapped in blankets on a road elsewhere in the city, according to the Baja California state Attorney General's Office. The heads were in black plastic bags nearby.
A piece of cardboard left by the bodies read: "These are the bricklayer's people." On Monday, a message found with 12 bodies next to a Tijuana elementary school threatened "all of those who are with 'The Engineer.' "
State prosecutor Rommel Moreno has blamed the violence on warring leaders within the Arellano Felix drug gang. More than 400 people have been killed in drug-related violence in the city across from San Diego, California, this year, including at least 49 this week. Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week... more -
Mexican police find 9 bodies dumped in Tijuana
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug trade.
Municipal police found five of the bodies Saturday between two small shopping centers in the eastern part of the city. They had been beaten and had their hands bound.
The bodies of two beheaded men were found wrapped in blankets on a road elsewhere in the city, according to the Baja California state Attorney General's Office. The heads were in black plastic bags nearby.
A piece of cardboard left by the bodies read: "These are the bricklayer's people." On Monday, a message found with 12 bodies next to a Tijuana elementary school threatened "all of those who are with 'The Engineer.'"
State prosecutor Rommel Moreno has blamed the violence on warring leaders within the Arellano Felix drug gang. More than 400 people have been killed in drug-related violence in the city across from San Diego this year, including at least 49 this week.
On Friday night, two men were found shot to death in the same empty lot near the elementary school where the 12 bodies were found Monday.
Execution-style killings, beheadings and shootouts have soared across Mexico since the army and federal police intensified their fight against the drug trade nearly two years ago.
In the southern city of Oaxaca, four banners purportedly signed by the Gulf Cartel blamed another drug gang, La Familia, for a Sept. 15 grenade attack that killed eight people during Independence Day celebrations in another Mexican state capital, Morelia.
Police earlier arrested three alleged Gulf Cartel hit men accused of throwing the grenades into crowds of revelers. Messages in the name of La Familia have blamed the Gulf Cartel for the attack.
Police quickly took down the banners. Oaxaca state police commissioner Jorge Quezadas said they were handed over to federal prosecutors for investigation. TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Police have found nine more bodies dumped around the Mexican border city of Tijuana, where nearly 50 people ha... more -
Tijuana
A week ago Dave, Austin and I drove down to Tijuana to meet some filmmakers and attend the opening of the Casa Del Tunel. We found it to be a fascinating place, full of contradictions and, mainly a very broad sense of imminent danger.
We interviewed some local artists and residents, who spoke about the rising violence as it affects them. We also took a look at one cultural group (COFAC) that is trying to make a difference through culture. A week ago Dave, Austin and I drove down to Tijuana to meet some filmmakers and attend the opening of the Casa Del Tunel. We found it ... more -
Eight more bodies found as Mexican drug violence continues
Mexican police have found eight bodies, two of them decapitated, in the north-western border city of Tijuana and 19 others after separate attacks further east in the border state of Chihuahua in the past 24 hours.
Border areas where rival drug cartels are battling for control of key routes into the United States are among the worst hit in escalating violence across Mexico this year in which almost 3,500 have died, according to local media.
Attacks have increased despite a Government crackdown on drug-related violence including the deployment of 36,000 troops across the country.
Police in Tijuana found five bodies with their hands and feet tied and heads wrapped in tape on Friday (local time), as well as two headless bodies and one other body, making a total of 42 dead in one week.
Gangland-style murders have escalated this week in the city across the border from San Diego, including the discovery of eight bodies on Thursday and a pile of 12 bodies found in a nearby area on Monday, local officials say.
In Chihuahua state a former district attorney and four local police were killed, including a woman, out of a total of 19 dead, officials say.
In state capital Chihuahua, several armed men fired from a car on the former district attorney late on Thursday (local time), state authorities say.
"On seeing his attackers he tried to run away, but they followed him and shot him several times in the back," a state official said.
In Casas Grandes, north of Chihuahua city, police found the bodies of five men, each with a bullet in the head. Mexican police have found eight bodies, two of them decapitated, in the north-western border city of Tijuana and 19 others after separ... more -
Prison riot in border city kills 19 - Americas- msnbc.com
TIJUANA, Mexico - Nineteen prisoners were killed and a dozen wounded in the second riot in less than a week at a jail in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, local officials said on Thursday.
"Up to the last count, there are 19 dead and 12 wounded," Daniel de la Rosa, Bag California's state police chief, said in a televised news conference following the riot on Wednesday at one of Tijuana's main jails. TIJUANA, Mexico - Nineteen prisoners were killed and a dozen wounded in the second riot in less than a week at a jail in the Mexican b... more -
Alleged drug cartel figure arrested in Tijuana casino raid
Ruben Rios Estrada, nicknamed 'El Pit,' is a reputed enforcer for the Arellano Felix cocaine ring. Agents stormed the gambling tables at the Agua Caliente racetrack. [more] Ruben Rios Estrada, nicknamed 'El Pit,' is a reputed enforcer for the Arellano Felix cocaine ring. Agents stormed the gambli... more
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Mexicans deported from US face shattered lives
The towering black gate opens silently to an alley with walls of corrugated metal. Scrawled in large white letters on one wall is: "The End."
For those deported from the United States, the words are an unnecessary reminder. Nearly every hour of the day, guards unlock this gate that leads back into Mexico, clicking open the padlocks hung on each side, in each nation.
Every time the gate slams shut, it wipes out a dream, divides a family, ends a life lived in the shadows of the law.
On average, 700 Mexicans expelled from the United States walk through this gate daily, according to Mexican government figures. They include farmers, construction workers, prisoners, nannies, children, entire families.
U.S. deportations have jumped by more than 60 percent over the past five years. Mexicans accounted for nearly two-thirds of those deportees, helping to roll back one of the biggest migrations of recent history. All along the border, shelters once full of people trying to cross into the United States are now home to thousands of deportees who sleep on mattresses strewn inches apart on cement floors.
In a week spent at the Tijuana gate, The Associated Press watched busload after busload of deportees arrive, some in a daze, still stunned over their sudden expulsion. Many stumbled over the Mexican official's question, "Where are you from?" after spending decades in the United States.
The faces of those who stream through reflect how tough and far-reaching the U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration has become.
Among them are young people. There were more than 18,000 repatriations of children under 18 to Mexico this year, and in more than 10,000 cases they were alone, according to the Mexican government.
There are also criminals. The U.S. does not break down figures by country, but it has deported about 55,000 prisoners so far this year. One man walked through the gate in slippers with 80 cents in his pocket, after being picked up by police during a violent fight with his wife in their backyard.
And there are women, with more than 40,000 repatriations since January — about 13 percent of all cases, according to the Mexican government. Sometimes the women are dropped off alone, at night. The U.S. Border Patrol in Washington says the safe repatriation of women is a major concern, but acknowledges there is no overall policy along the 2,000-mile border.
Mexico must now deal with a population that it has long ignored. And those returning must deal with Mexico, a land that for many now seems foreign. The challenge starts the day they walk through the gate the U.S. Border Patrol calls Whiskey II, military code for west of the port of entry. The towering black gate opens silently to an alley with walls of corrugated metal. Scrawled in large white letters on one wall is: �... more -
Construction begins on $57M San Diego border fence
Scrapers and bulldozers began filling a deep canyon Friday to make way for a border fence in the southwestern corner of the United States after 12 years of planning, environmental reviews and legal challenges.
The 3 1/2-mile stretch extends from a state park on an oceanfront cliff through a canyon known as Smuggler's Gulch. The gorge was overrun by illegal immigrants until U.S. authorities launched a crackdown in the 1990s that pushed traffic to the remote mountains and deserts of California and Arizona.
At a cost of about $16 million a mile, the fence will be far more expensive than fences the U.S. government is building elsewhere along the nation's 1,952-mile border with Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the average cost along the entire border is $2 million to $3 million a mile.
The stretch near San Diego will cost about $57 million under a contract awarded to Kiewit Corp. of Omaha, Neb., said James Swanson, a Border Patrol special operations supervisor.
The lion's share will pay for filling Smuggler's Gulch with nearly 1.9 million tons of dirt and for building a concrete culvert to handle rainfall flowing downhill from Tijuana, Mexico, Swanson said.
The border is currently marked by a decaying fence made of surplus Navy landing mats. Border Patrol agents swarm the area in jeeps and pickups as they wait for migrants in Tijuana to dash about 2 miles through trees to the closest patch of stores and homes.
It is a far cry from the early 1990s, when large groups blitzed across the border and easily overwhelmed the Border Patrol.
U.S. authorities insist new fencing is needed, despite an increase in patrols and objections from environmental groups who say the dirt shift threatens the Tijuana River estuary, home to more than 370 migratory and native birds.
"We're not seeing the thousands, the hundreds who streamed through in the past," said Mike Fisher, chief of the Border Patrol's San Diego sector. "However, it's still a vulnerability that's being exploited today." Scrapers and bulldozers began filling a deep canyon Friday to make way for a border fence in the southwestern corner of the United Sta... more -
CASA DEL MIGRANTE
Casa del Migrante is a shelter located in Tijuana, Mexico. The organization provides temporary lodging and other services to migrant workers who are stranded in Tijuana while attempting to cross the U.S Mexico border without documents. Many of these migrants come from other parts of Mexico and numerous Latin American countries. In this pod, Matilde, a social worker of Casa del Migrante in harrowing detail explains why migrant workers leave their families behind and attempt the dangerous journey across the border, and her day to day experiences of working at the organization.
Original Music by Tonalli Magaña Casa del Migrante is a shelter located in Tijuana, Mexico. The organization provides temporary lodging and other services to migrant w... more -
Proof of citizenship now mandatory to enter the US
"It looks like any Southern California traffic jam — except you can buy a cappuccino and a 4-foot statue of Jesus from your car while watching dogs sniff vehicles for drugs.
This is the U.S.-Mexico border's most congested crossing, where local residents say already epic lines into San Diego have grown even longer since January, when the U.S. began phasing out a long-standing practice of allowing people they believed to be American citizens to enter by simply stating their citizenship.
Border guards now require most crossers to present a U.S. passport or other proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate — though they are still permitted to exercise their own judgment in order to keep lines moving. As always, Mexican citizens and other foreign nationals must show valid immigration documents to enter."
Oh my oh my, it looks like I can't forget about my documents (ID) now, I've crossed that line without a single paper too many times ... "It looks like any Southern California traffic jam — except you can buy a cappuccino and a 4-foot statue of Jesus from your car w... more -
Tijuana - a market for death in a bottle
"Cocaine?" a hustler working Tijuana's seedy Avenida Revolución called out on a recent night, his voice not the least bit muted.
"How about girls?"
When neither offering elicited the desired response, he tried another: "Cuban cigars?"
He could have continued for quite a bit longer reciting from Tijuana's extensive menu of contraband. One product from this border town, though, trumps all others in terms of shock value: death in a bottle, a liquid more potent than even the strongest tequila.
The drug, pentobarbital, literally takes a person's breath away. It can kill by putting people to sleep, and it is tightly regulated in most countries. But aging and ailing people seeking a quick and painless way to end their lives say there is no easier place on earth than Mexico to obtain pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly known as Nembutal.
Read more... "Cocaine?" a hustler working Tijuana's seedy Avenida Revolución called out on a recent night, his voice not the least b... more -
Charred bodies dumped in Tijuana
Police found six charred bodies, one still on fire, dumped on a street in the northern Mexican city of Tijuana today, in the latest brutal killing on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Tijuana is one of the most gruesome fronts in Mexico's three-way war between rival drug cartels and security forces, as Mexico's most-wanted man Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman tries to wrestle control of smuggling routes into California from the city's long dominant Arellano Felix cartel.
Following two months of relative quiet in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California, drug murders and kidnappings are rising again. Shootouts between drug gangs have killed some 300 people in the city this year, making up a chunk of the more than 1,700 drug murder victims across Mexico since the start of 2008.
Today's burnt bodies were found two days after suspected drug hitmen in southern Mexico dumped a severed human head inside a black bag in the tourist city of Oaxaca, along with a threatening message for Mexican law enforcement. Police found six charred bodies, one still on fire, dumped on a street in the northern Mexican city of Tijuana today, in the latest br... more -
THIS IS MY WORLD THROUGH MY EYES!
All my life people told me that i betrayed my country
that i should one day go back...
but what is the point?
she doesn't even know i left.....
It's easy to talk specially when you haven't lived in my shoes
i don't expect you to understand
I only ask that you dont judge me....
I hope that you can only UNDERSTAND
why I WONT BE HOME AGAIN....
i want you to see my world through my eyes.
and understand why
I WONT BE HOME AGAIN........... All my life people told me that i betrayed my country that i should one day go back... but what is the point? ... more -
San Diego drivers appreciate Mexico's cheap gas
SAN DIEGO (AP) — If there's pain at the pump in the U.S., Mexico may just have a remedy. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in San Diego retails for an average price of $4.61 a gallon. A few miles south, in Tijuana, it's about $2.54 — even less if you pay in pesos. SAN DIEGO (AP) — If there's pain at the pump in the U.S., Mexico may just have a remedy. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in... more
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Tijuana Woman Invents Recycling Machine to Improve Scavengers' Lives
Think recycling is a good idea? Think of it how good Europe, the US and other countries/continents have had it, when within miles of the US border, most people have never been exposed to a recycling system or culture ever in their lives, and it all goes to one place: the landfill. Until now.
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One step at a time.
TIJUANA, BC MEX. In Tijuana, a new machine is poised to help clean up some of the city’s social and environmental problems. A Tijuana teenager dreamed up the contraption ten years ago. She’s since dedicated her life to making the project a reality. KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson has the story.
As a teenager, growing up in Tijuana, Miroslava Enciso Limon always wanted to be a firefighter. But her dream changed when her high school teacher assigned her to visit Tijuana’s dump.City officials eventually hope to recycle 60-percent of Tijuana’s trash.
City dump trucks back up to Enciso’s recycling machine. It’s up and running at a facility on Tijuana’s east side. The machine is not especially high tech.
Blades rip open the garbage bags and spill the contents onto a conveyor belt. At times, the stench makes your eyes water.
About thirty workers dressed in navy coveralls, face masks and latex gloves sort the trash. All of them used to be scavengers at the dump. New employee, Luisa Marquez says it was much harder when she was a scavenger.
Marquez (translated): Before, I left at 4 a.m, before the sun came up because it’d get too hot….We’d have to open the bags. We’d get dirty. We’d get covered in food. We didn’t have uniforms. We didn’t have protection or a roof.
The machine’s inventor, Enciso, says she could have automated the process more. But the idea is to employ as many scavengers from the dump as possible -- about 200 when the machine is fully operational.
City officials eventually hope to recycle 60-percent of Tijuana’s trash. Think recycling is a good idea? Think of it how good Europe, the US and other countries/continents have had it, when within miles of t... more -
Southern California drivers head to Mexico for cheaper gas
Well that's smart isn't, save $5 bucks, peak up your stress in Tijuana, then drive back to the US, idle for 2+ hours in the border crossing and support the monopoly PEMEX is. (Only place to get comsumer gasoline in Mexico)
On top of getting really shitty gas with manipulated gas pumps.
Get over it and ride a bike, San Diego has great weather and mostly flat, plus most people down there look like they could give up some pounds. Thank you in&out...
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just great sense, SoCal-ittes.
SAN DIEGO - Some motorists in southern California are willing to drive south to find lower gas prices. A steady line of cars crossing from Tijuana to the United States.
One motorist said, "Some people just come here to Tijuana now to just fill up with gas and go back to San Diego." The price difference between the U.S. and Mexico is dramatic.
California drivers are paying nearly $4 a gallon for regular gas, in Tijuana it's $2.75.
One motorist said. "Because I always load full in California and it's like 35 dollars. And right here in T-J, it's like 30 dollars, so five dollars difference."
The difference is dramatic with Pemex gas stations everywhere selling regular gas more than a dollar lower than the U.S.
The diesel difference is even more.
- - - click link for full article - - - Well that's smart isn't, save $5 bucks, peak up your stress in Tijuana, then drive back to the US, idle for 2+ hours in the ... more -
Tijuana elite move to San Diego to escape local violence
There is a growing trend among the wealthy residents of Tijuana, move to the United States. After an increase in violence and kidnappings, many of the Tijuana elite, have packed their bags for the north. There is a growing trend among the wealthy residents of Tijuana, move to the United States. After an increase in violence and kidnappi... more
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The war within a mile of the US limits.
Don't have to go so far for people being kidnapped, shot, and what's worst scared for their lives and families, everyday.
What will happen to family values in the future is in serious doubt. Gunmen drills over puzzle toys and games at school? Just depressing and highly disturbing.
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WTF:?
"Doctor: The governor says take a karate class or something because the kidnapping swill keep on being.
Doctor: We are tired of being afraid to go out in the streets; tired of being afraid to go to restaurants; tired of friends and friends sons getting kidnapped and murdered. So this has to stop." Don't have to go so far for people being kidnapped, shot, and what's worst scared for their lives and families, everyday. ... more
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