Mexico’s U-22 team practicing at USD field

San Diego.- Mexico's national U-22 team is practicing at the University of San Diego to prepare for a friendly match Wednesday in Tijuana against a team from Colombia. The Mexican team, which is preparing for the Copa América tournament, arrived Sunday from Las Vegas, after losing 3-0 to Venezuela on Saturday night. Mexico's young standouts […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico humbles Costa Rica in Gold Cup game

CHICAGO – Ricardo Lavolpe sat on the bench, quietly watching his team while caressing his bristly mustache. His expression expressed confusion maybe even disappointment. Costa Rica's coach had reason to feel that way. He watched his team being torn apart by Mexico on Sunday night at Soldier Field. Mexico completed a dominating first round at […]

April 13, 2017

Hank Rhon to be investigated in two murders

TIJUANA – State authorities will investigate 11 suspects, among them Jorge Hank Rhon, for their possible involvement in two killings in which two of the weapons seized in his home were used, Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno announced Sunday. Moreno said his investigation will parallel the one being conducted by federal authorities of Hank […]

April 13, 2017

Clash of coaches in Mexico vs. Costa Rica

CHICAGO – Costa Rican players kicked balls back and forth through the wet grass of Soldier Field on Saturday night. They dribbled, volleyed and sprinted after balls through cones with several assistant coaches watching under light showers. Every person on Costa Rica's roster was counted for except for its head coach. Ricardo Lavolpe. He didn't […]

April 13, 2017

Major drug bust yields drugs worth $18 million

Tijuana.- A man who raced inside a house in an eastside neighborhood, fleeing police, led them to largest drug seizure state police have had in the last four years, the department's director said Saturday. The director, Osiel Arturo García, said that state preventive police agents confiscated 468.6 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 211 pounds of […]

April 13, 2017

Star player from South Bay drafted by Royals

Since he was three years old, Adrián Bringas wanted to be a professional baseball player. This week he took the first major step toward making that dream a reality. On Wednesday he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals and leaves Saturday to join the Chukars of Idaho Falls, one of the team's minor league […]

April 13, 2017

Two released on bail in case of Hank Rhon

TIJUANA – A judge ordered two suspects released on bail Thursday in the case of Jorge Hank Rhon, a court announcement said. The federal court identified the two as Carlos Gonzalo Pérez Contreras and Ramón López Apodaca, who were implicated along with nine others – among them former mayor Hank Rhon – of having firearms […]

April 13, 2017

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