Suspensions rock Mexico’s team and hopes for Gold Cup win

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Mexico routed Cuba 5-0 Thursday but the hot topic of the night continued to be El Tri's doping scandal. Mexico coach José Manuel de la Torre, along with Hector Iñaturri, the director of national team, and the team's doctor, José Luis Serrano, addressed the media after the game to discuss the […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico suspends five players on soccer team

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Mexico suspended five members of its national team Thursday after testing positive for a banned substance in a pre-tournament training camp, making them ineligible for their game against Cuba, a team spokesman said. Antonio Naelson, Christian Bermudez, Edgar Dueñas, Francisco Javier Rodríguez and goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa all tested positive for clenbuterol, […]

April 13, 2017

Cuba’s big goal: earn respect in soccer world

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Soccer probably doesn't immediately come to mind when you think of Cuba and international sports. Baseball and boxing might. After all, Cuba has produced many Major League Baseball players and world championship boxers. But how many star Cuban soccer players can you name? Many people probably do not know Cuba has a national […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico seeks any information U.S. has on Hank Rhon

Tijuana.- While former mayor Jorge Hank Rhon’s legal future is decided he remains behind bars at El Hongo State Penitentiary east of Tecate. Meanwhile, Mexico’s Attorney General Marisela Morales denied on national television that his arrest was politically motivated, as has been widely speculated. And she said that her office had requested information from U.S. […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s U-22 team to play in Tijuana

Mexico’s U-22 soccer team that will compete in the Copa América tournament will play a friendly match against Colombia’s team on June 15 in Tijuana, the Mexican Futbol Federation announced. The Mexican squad was originally scheduled to play against Chivas USA but now will square off against El Independiente de Medellín. The game is scheduled […]

April 13, 2017

Thousands rally behind their hero: Hank Rhon

TIJUANA – Berta Guadalupe Díaz said that Jorge Hank Rhon bought her a hearing aid and helped in the effort to bring public services to the neighborhood she leads. "I have so many reasons to thank him, so many. To me, what the government did to him is an injustice because he's helped people so […]

April 13, 2017

Leading U.S. chef worships Tijuana’s ‘amazing’ cuisine

TIJUANA – Noted American chef Rick Bayless has put this city on the continent's food map. In an interview with GrubStreet.com in San Francisco, he waxes about the "amazing chefs cooking amazing food" in Tijuana. "If people knew it was there, people would just be flocking there," he says. "I have to say, and people […]

April 13, 2017

When mental illness leads to murder-suicide

Mental illness is at the heart of the recent back-to-back murder-suicide cases that left eight dead, including four children, in the San Diego area, according to experts. Mental health professionals interviewed said murder-suicide is rare but draws a lot of attention because of the stories of horrific despair behind them. "It's mostly untreated depression," said […]

April 13, 2017

U.S. team looking to rewrite Gold Cup story

The room was almost in silence. Only a few sounds could be heard, mostly cameras taking photos of the man sitting on a chair behind a table littered with microphones and tape recorders. The man had a blank stare. He waited for the first question during the news conference. That man was U.S. national team […]

April 13, 2017

U.S. consul’s cable paints dark picture of Hank Rhon

TIJUANA – One person who should not have been surprised that Jorge Hank Rhon was detained Saturday was the former U.S. consul here. On July 8, 2009, then Consul General Ronald Kramer wrote a confidential cable to the U.S. Secretary of State that said the grounds of the Agua Caliente racetrack, owned by Hank Rhon, […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico off to Golden start in tournament

ARLINGTON, Texas –The colors were the same. The same green, white and red flags waved in the stands and in the parking lots of Cowboys Stadium on Sunday night. Even the chants that echoed off the new stadium walls were the same. Mexico had its usual backing from its fans. But what was on the […]

April 13, 2017

Hank’s workers told to cover up live gambling

TIJUANA – While the owner of Agua Caliente Casino, Jorge Hank Rhon, was being detained by federal authorities Saturday, its managers were frantically telling employees to deny that live gaming was occurring there. "'We never had live blackjack here, never played blackjack, never,'" the employees were told to say Saturday according to a group of […]

April 13, 2017

In stunning event, military detains Hank Rhon

TIJUANA – This city's most controversial figure was apparently whisked to Mexico City on Saturday afternoon after the military raided his house before dawn and detained him and 10 other men and seized a cache of weapons. Mexico's Attorney General's Office, known as the PGR, had issued a statement earlier in the day detailing how […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos acquire Arce from Santos Laguna

TIJUANA – News of Jorge Hank Rhon's arrest by Mexican military early Saturday morning was not the only breaking news related to Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente this weekend, though certainly the most explosive. The Xolos, which are owned by Rhon, announced the transfer of the veteran Mexican national team player Fernando Arce to Tijuana. […]

April 13, 2017

‘Chicharito’ lifts Mexico’s hopes in Gold Cup

Fans hysterically extend their arms through a metal fence. They reach out, faces pressed against the fence, with posters, T-shirts, magazines, photographs, soccer balls, jerseys and anything else in hand so they could wave at the object of their desire. Anything to get his attention. Women and little girls scream as Manchester United's Javier "Chicharito" […]

April 13, 2017

Tickets on sale next week for Shakira concert

Tijuana.- Tickets will go on sale on June 13 for Shakira's "Sale el Sol" concert on July 30 at Caliente Stadium, expected to draw a capacity 18,000 people. The prices range from around $52 to $215 for VIP seating. They will be sold at the Fundación por Ayudar, Pueblo Amigo, Camino Real, and the box […]

April 13, 2017

Latino paper closing after seven years

The publisher of the Latino newspaper Diario San Diego announced Thursday that is closing in two weeks after seven years due to financial struggles. In a message in the paper's Web site, José Santiago Healy thanked readers and advertisers who had supported the publication. "Over seven years we had innumerable achievements and met many goals […]

April 13, 2017

FBI explains how to beat identity thieves

Thinking of walking to your neighborhood mail box this night to drop off that bill? Think again. Thieves have been known to fish for mail. They use string to lower pieces of cardboard covered with glue down blue mail boxes and open envelopes that stick looking for personal information they can steal. An FBI agent […]

April 13, 2017

Having a ball and fighting despair in Tijuana

TIJUANA – Camino Verde is a troubled neighborhood. Residents have built stark houses that defy gravity across its canyons. The place is a frequent setting for violence, gangs, drug addiction and crime. But a recreation center built a year ago in the heart of that eastside barrio, home to 3,000 low-income families, is lifting the […]

April 13, 2017

Suspect had drugs valued at $2.7 million

TIJUANA – A sexagenarian was detained Monday guarding cocaine and marijuana with an estimated street value of $2.7 million, state authorities announced. The State Preventive Police identified the suspect as Rodolfo López Quintanilla, 60, who they believe is a member of the La Familia Michoacana cartel. State police received a report, through its anonymous crime […]

April 13, 2017