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Helicopter crash kills former government official
Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, former candidate for governor for the Mexican state of Guanajuato, was killed in a helicopter crash today, while traveling with three other people who all belonged to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The incident occurred around noon time near "La Loma" golf course, which is located in the capital of San […]
April 13, 2017
San Diego Flash looking to Extend Six Game Unbeaten Streak
SAN DIEGO, CA – This Saturday June 8 the San Diego Flash will be hosting the Las Vegas Stallions in Del Norte High School. The Flash are currently on a six game unbeaten streak and will look to go for lucky number seven. To celebrate the good run the Flash are on, the club has […]
April 13, 2017
Father and son arrested for extorting migrants
Municipal Police officers in Tijuana arrested yesterday two individuals who were involved in human trafficking, and who detained a "client" to extort money from his family members and demanded a ransom of $3,500 dollars. The individuals arrested were identified as Casimiro Valdovinos Hernandez and Ivan Valdovinos Pelayo, 50 and 24 years old respectively. Last night […]
April 13, 2017
Jorge Astiazaran rejects the use of violence from any political party
The candidate for mayor of Tijuana from the "Commitment for Baja California" alliance, Jorge Astriazaran, rejects the use of violence from any political party, especially against Jorge Monraz or any member of his brigade, and said that the recent attacks will investigated. "The most important thing is to respect people and this kind of aggression […]
April 13, 2017
PRI party members attack PAN party Mayoral Candidate
TIJUANA. Right before the Mayoral debate that the Electoral Institute and Citizen Participation of Baja California organized last night, PRI supporters armed with sticks from their red flags, water and foam attacked the PAN party candidate, Alejandro Monraz and his campaign team as they arrived for the debate. This incident happened just outside the […]
April 13, 2017
Tijuana’s Mayoral debate: Astiazaran, Monraz and Gonzalez
Health Ricardo Gonzalez spoke about this topic and gave obesity as an example of a health issue, which he presented two solutions to fight against this problem: sports and nutritious school breakfasts. Alejandro Monraz focused his proposal to create a health commission to work towards reducing the risk of serious diseases. He spoke of […]
April 13, 2017
Xolos Continue Working the DRAFT Through their Affiliate
CANCUN – Club Tijuana and Pachuca gave people lots to talk about late last night in Cancun. With the final transfer of the day close to midnight local time it was announced that Duvier Riascos was sold to Pachuca. Some people were ready to jump off a bridge with the news of the Colombian's departure […]
April 13, 2017
Former U.S. Marine missing in Mexico
Mexican authorities are now investigating the disappearance of U.S. Marine Armando Torres III and two of his relatives in the border city of Matamoros, apparently linked to a dispute over land, said a source to Efe from the Tamaulipas state prosecutor office. Torres crossed from Texas into Tamaulipas, Mexico on May 14th to visit his […]
April 13, 2017
165 immigrants kidnapped by Mexican Cartel
On June 4th Mexican authorities rescued 165 people in the northern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, in which 151 of them were immigrants from Central America. It is presumed that the victims had been deprived of their freedom for several weeks, and are now receiving medical care. This is a common practice by some criminal cartels, […]
April 13, 2017
Mexican Ex-President wants to grow marijuana
Former Mexican president Vicente Fox (2000-2006) said yesterday that if marijuana is legalized, he would be a producer, and argued that such a move would benefit the country and affect the drug cartels. "Once it's legitimate and legal, of course. I am a farmer, I can do it the day it is legitimate and legal […]
April 13, 2017
Big Changes in Xolos Squad after Liga MX Draft
CANCUN – The Liga MX Draft took place on Wednesday in a hotel lobby in Cancun. This was the final day for Mexican first division teams close out transfers between themselves. Important to note that teams can still buy and sell players with teams outside of Mexico. The draft was scheduled to end at 8:00PM […]
April 13, 2017
Baja California Governor’s debate 2013
Tijuana, B.C. Tonight, the candidates for the governor of Baja California, Francisco "Kiko" Vega de la Madrid (PAN), Fernando Castro Trenti (PRI), and Felipe Ruanova Zarate (Citizens Movement) all came together to debate for the second time and talked about their proposals and solutions to three issues: Social Development, Unemployment and Vulnerable groups. In […]
April 13, 2017
Riascos Sold to Pachuca
CANCUN – It was late, but the Liga MX official Twitter account officially announced the sell of Colombian forward Duvier Riascos from Club Tijuana to Pachuca. Riascos had arrived with the Xolos during the Clausura 2012 season. He played a total of 60 games and scored 19 goals for the border side. He was a […]
April 13, 2017
The Justice League’s new battle: Kids Cancer
To make the chemotherapy process a little more tolerable, the hospital AC Camargo of Sao Paolo, Brazil, in collaboration with DC Comics and Warner Bros., have developed an unprecedented project. This project is about redesigning the covers (that are used to house the intravenous medication that is applied as part of the chemotherapy process) with […]
April 13, 2017
Mexican President turns his back on his own political party candidate
Televisa network television host, Carlos Loret de Mola, published this morning a text as evidence of the lack of support from the federal government and the national leadership of the PRI party to Fernando Castro Trenti, who is currently contending in the governor's race in Baja California. "And if this wasn't enough, from all the […]
April 13, 2017
Don Miguel Ruiz Jr: “The 5 levels of attachment”
Many of those who live near the U.S.-Mexico border know that despite that this is the only thing that divides these two countries; it is still two different worlds. And in a way it's like they live two different lives, one in Tijuana and one in San Diego. This is the case of the personal […]
April 13, 2017
12 people mysteriously disappear from a bar
MEXICO-The prosecutor of Mexico City, Rodolfo Rios, confirmed yesterday that "most" of the young people, who were reported missing on May 26, arrived at the bar in which family members are sure that they were kidnapped in. Rios acknowledged that they still do not know how they left the place. "Most of these young people […]
April 13, 2017
67 women are denied their middle school diploma
In the municipality of San Juan Chamula in Chiapas, 67 young females from the Nichnamtic community completed their middle school studies; courses offered by the Institute for Adult Education (IEA), but did not receive their diploma in a graduation ceremony. Not happy with this outcome, these young women decided to send a letter to Governor […]
April 13, 2017
Official: Hercules Gomez Joins Xolos
TIJUANA – U.S. internacional Hércules Gómez will come in to bolster up the Club Tijuana squad according to a press release by Club Santos; Gomez's now former team. The American forward was part of the Santos squad for three tournaments arriving during the Clausura 2012 season. He played a total of 45 games for a […]
April 13, 2017
Monte Xanic: an elegant wine
After visiting L.A.Cetto our tour guide César from Five Star Tours took us to what in his words "is one of the best vineyards in the state". It was a little late already (at least for the wine route) when we arrived at Monte Xanic. Visiting hours were pretty much done, but César made a […]
April 13, 2017
