TIJUANA. - The Mayor of Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, has issued instructions to all agencies of the City Council for their cooperation and effort in solving the problems caused by the large amount of immigrants who are deported from the United States to the region, and who contribute to the increase of violence in Tijuana.

This is what the Chief of Police from the Municipal Public Safety and Security (SSPM in Spanish), Jesus Alberto Capella Ibarra, said during the first Municipal Committee meeting for the Prevention of Violence in Tijuana.

After welcoming the participants, on behalf of himself and the mayor, Capella presented four important points that will govern the committee, and which are aligned in the National Crime Prevention Program launched by the federal government, to fight against the crime rate as of the result from the continued migration that is affecting some of the northern cities in the country that border with the United States, like Tijuana.

Identifying immigrants

Understand and determine the profile of immigrants, i.e. establish a model for defining the characteristics of each, their place of origin and specific problems.

Also, provide them with special identification to have employment opportunities and to settle in the city, if that is what they wish to do.

Medical Care

Give them the medical care that they may need. But also determine cases of drug addiction among them, and identify the diseases caused by their dependence by certain drugs.

Building a communication center for immigrants

This will consist in enabling a special facility dedicated to facilitate communication with their families through telephone calls or through the internet, so that their family members can send them the necessary financial support so that they can return to their place of origin.

"Travel Agency"

This involves the creation of a fund with financial resources provided by the agencies who will be involved, which will be used to transport immigrants to their place of origin.

Capella also said that as part of this program, the federal government will invest 58 million pesos (about $4.9 million USD), for the humanistic effort and the recovery and renovation of public areas that have been affected by violence.

Finally, he urged businesses and civil societies to join hands and fight together to improve the lives and living conditions of current and future generations.

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