Drivers in Baja must now have liability insurance

TIJUANA – Starting Jan.1, Baja California motorists must meet a requirement that will sound familiar to drivers north of the border: They must have liability insurance. The state passed a reform in 2011 that makes such insurance mandatory. Minimum coverage will cost approximately 860 pesos a year (about $62) for damage to third parties of […]

April 13, 2017

Neymar named best soccer player in South America

Brazilian teen-ager Neymar was named the best soccer player in South America in the traditional poll published Saturday by the Uruguayan daily newspaper El País. Neymar, who led Santos to victory in this year’s Copa Liberadores, won 130 votes from the 247 cast by sports journalists from 19 countries who participated in the poll. He […]

April 13, 2017

Teen’s Formula for success involves cars and speed

Coronado High School student Jorge Cevallos has big plans for 2012: Rise in the ranks of Mexican auto racers and triumph in Formula 3 competition in Europe. "We have Sergio Pérez in Formula 1," said the 17-year-old during a recent interview from Orlando, referring to a Mexican racing champion. "I'm going to do my best […]

April 13, 2017

Deaths linked to alcohol up during holiday weekend

The number of people who died in accidents involving alcohol surged in San Diego County and the state during the long Christmas weekend compared to last year, according to the California Highway Patrol. As the New Year's holiday gets under way, the CHP and other law enforcement agencies announced stepped up surveillance and Mothers Against […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos wrap up preseason with 4th win in a row

TIJUANA – The Xolos won their fourth preseason game in a row Wednesday night by beating Atlante 1-0 at Caliente Stadium. The Xolos have wrapped up their preparations for the Clausura season, scoring a total of 10 goals and not allowing any. At minute 40, midfielder Leandro Augusto scored on a free kick against goalkeeper […]

April 13, 2017

Residents turned in 2,000 weapons in Baja

TIJUANA – Baja California residents turned in more than 2,000 weapons, among them AK-47s, at military bases this year, 80 per cent from the United States, authorities said. The residents received grocery vouchers in exchange for the firearms – and a promise not be investigated, unless the weapon was found to have been involved in […]

April 13, 2017

Popular player to retire after next season

TIJUANA – The upcoming season may be the final one for Xolos forward Mauro Gerk, who has become a fan favorite. Gerk, who was born in Argentina, has announced that he would like to retire as member of the Xolos. This week the team obliged him, signing an agreement with Querétaro, which owns his contract, […]

April 13, 2017

Forensic team searched eight sites in eastern Tijuana

TIJUANA – A forensic team explored eight sites on the city's east side looking for human remains, said a long-time advocate for missing people, but only found organic material at one of them. Three of the sites were identified by a confessed criminal, Santiago Meza, known as "el pozolero," as places where he had dissolved […]

April 13, 2017

Leading actor Armendáriz Jr., dies in New York

TIJUANA – Leading Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr., died Monday morning of cancer in New York just a week after he announced that he was fighting for his life. National Televisa journalist Joaquín López Dóriga was the first to announce the death via his Twitter account, at 12:15 p.m. local time. The 71-year-old actor died […]

April 13, 2017

Fight against juvenile crime begins at home

Authorities detained an average of 14 adolescents a day this year in the county. One way to drive that number down is to educate parents about how the legal system works, they say. That's why on a recent weekday a representative of the District Attorney's Office gave a workshop at Castle Park High School in […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos vs. Atlante pre-season game to be in Tijuana

TIJUANA –Tickets are for sale for Wednesday night's pre-season match of the Xoloitzcuintles against Atlante at Caliente Stadium. The Xolos' management had wanted to play at Southwestern College, but those plans fell through and the game was moved to Caliente. That's where the Xolos played last Wednesday, winning a tune-up game against Veracruz 1-0. Meanwhile, […]

April 13, 2017

Cost? A few pesos — for faithful, they are priceless

Nativity scenes are universal and speak to the true meaning of Christmas for people around the world. Tijuana residents flock to shops near the Cathedral in the downtown sector to get the great and small piece that will make their Nacimiento just right. Photos by David Maung / SanDiegoRed.Com

April 13, 2017

‘Turbine Cowboys’ to ride to wind farm in Baja

TIJUANA – Baja California's mountainous wind farm at La Rumorosa will be one of the stars of the Weather Channel's "Turbine Cowboys," which will travel around the world highlighting wind-energy projects. The state's tourism department announced that the show will air next April. The program features a group of intrepid engineers and other mechanical experts […]

April 13, 2017

Nearly 2 million Mexicans head home for holidays

TIJUANA – To her six children and five grandchildren, 66-year-old María de Jesús Salas is the equivalent of Santa Claus. This Santa, however, was taking an exhausting 50-hour trip from Los Angeles, where her mother lives, through Tijuana, winding up in her native Monterrey. She's part of the nearly 2 million Mexicans who will be […]

April 13, 2017

Confession offers clue to fate of missing people

Second of two parts. TIJUANA – The last place where Santiago Meza confessed to making bodies disappear in acid is similar to his other macabre workshops, located in an isolated plot of land in the city's eastern fringe. This place, in a community called Ojo de Agua, was baptized by the national and international media […]

April 13, 2017

Crime cell leader ‘The Tomato’ returned to Baja

TIJUANA – A former municipal police officer and alleged drug trafficker, nicknamed "The Tomato," was re-apprehended Tuesday in the border city of Matamoros minutes after he made bail, authorities announced. The Baja California Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday that its investigators had re-apprehended Jesús Israel de la Cruz, 31, moments after he left the federal […]

April 13, 2017

Leaked confession reveals ‘pozolero’s’ ghastly career

Friends and relatives of people missing left crosses in their memory in November of 2010 at a property in Ejido Ojo de Agua, where Santiago Meza Lopez confessed to having dissolved murder victims. Meza told Siedo that he first took orders from Efraín Pérez (alias as "El Efra") and afterward, starting in 2002, from Teodoro […]

April 13, 2017

Ready Lane opens Tuesday at border in San Ysidro

TIJUANA – A big change begins Tuesday morning in the world's busiest land crossing. Border authorities plan to open a Ready Lane at the San Ysidro port of entry at 10 a.m. offering travelers a faster option to cross in the United States. But any change can quickly back up traffic, causing an even greater […]

April 13, 2017

Crime house opens Tuesday as Boys and Girls Club

TIJUANA – Starting Tuesday, a house used by drug traffickers for security will be used by at-risk children to play and study in a bright, healthy environment. The second Boys and Girls Club is located on Ricardo Acevedo Street in colonia Camino Verde, a poor eastside neighborhood home to an estimated 40,000 people, the majority […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos virtually sell out season tickets

TIJUANA— The city's professional soccer team, the Xoloitzcuintles, has virtually sold out all of its season tickets, guaranteeing a full house for the upcoming Clausura tournament. The team announced through Twitter that only a few season passes behind the players' benches at Caliente Stadium remained for sale. Meanwhile, the team announced Saturday the signing of […]

April 13, 2017