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Washing machine had special load
Imperial Valley.- U.S. border authorities seized drugs valued at $344,000 hidden in several articles over the weekend, including a washing machine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents working at the Andrade crossing, using a trained dog, detected illegal drugs in a Dodge Ram pickup on Friday. The agents found 72 pounds of marijuana in 40 […]
April 13, 2017
Office in San Diego to expedite passports quickly
San Diego County residents will no longer have to travel to Los Angeles for urgent U.S.-passport services. The U.S. State Department has opened a passport office in downtown San Diego that will expedite services for U.S. citizens who plan to travel within 14 days or who have a life or death emergency. The San Diego […]
April 13, 2017
Two U.S. citizens killed in Tijuana
Tijuana Two U.S. citizens were shot to death before dawn Monday as they waited in line to cross the border in their car near San Ysidro, the State Attorney Generals Office announced. Authorities identified the victims as Sergio Salcido Luna, 25, and Kevin Joel Romero, 28, who carried their U.S. passports with them. The […]
April 13, 2017
Drop in migration hits labor market
According to the state official, despite that pressure, Baja California has an unemployment rate of 5.6 per cent, "the lowest on the northern border and southern United States." By way comparison, the state's unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in January of 2010. Those statistics are meaningless to the people struggling every day to find a […]
April 13, 2017
The reel deal is downtown
For Rosa Dávalos, 53, another homemaker who has been shopping in the district for 30 years, the district's greatest virtue is the products' freshness, because the fish does not lose its flavor or nutritional value by being frozen. Horacio Aguilar is a distributor from the coastal town of San Ignacio, in Baja California Sur, who […]
April 13, 2017
The roots of Juarez’s nightmare
The former mayor of Mexico's most violent city, speaking at UCSD on Saturday, said the breakdown in Ciudad Juárez can be attributed largely to a lack of educational opportunities for young people. "Juárez is the city with the largest dropout rate in junior high school in the country," said ex-Mayor José Reyes Ferriz during a […]
April 13, 2017
Major blow against drug traffickers
TIJUANA The Mexican army led an operation Friday that netted the crime boss in Mexicali of the Sinaloa cartel and a large arsenal that included grenade launchers and grenades, the Secretary of National Defense announced. The crime leader was identified as Jesús Raúl Ochoa Zazueta, a former state investigator. He was arrested along with […]
April 13, 2017
Surprising teams to battle it out
They haven't made much noise in the mainstream but they have found a way to become two of the most successful and entertaining teams this season. UANL Tigres and Atlante are on pace to qualify for the "liguilla," or playoffs, and both teams meet Saturday in Week 12 of the Mexican Clausura tournament match-up. The […]
April 13, 2017
City pays tribute to fallen officer
Rosarito Beach . The scene has now become familiar. Funeral services being held for law enforcement officials who were killed. On Friday, the ceremony was for José Carlos Ventura Isada, 39, commander of the Primo Tapia district of the Rosarito Beach Police Department. He became the 65th officer killed in Tijuana and Rosarito Beach […]
April 13, 2017
Nervous crosser rolls into trouble
Border authorities stopped a mans efforts to roll drugs into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the San Ysidro border crossing seized five pounds of marijuana hidden in a wheelchair, according to an announcement issued Friday. The incident occurred Monday night, at around 11:30, when a 19-year-old man in a wheelchair […]
April 13, 2017
Mayor proposes realistic plan’
TIJUANA Mayor Carlos Bustamante presented his three-year plan for his administration four months after beginning his term. Based in part on comments from more than 9,000 residents, the plan is divided into eight themes, said the director of planning, Manuel Guevara. They include development, public safety, public transit, neighborhood streets, public services, economy and […]
April 13, 2017
March supports ‘most vulnerable’
It was a day of action in San Diego Thursday. It was Cesar Chavez Day. More than 1,500 pro-union demonstrators many blue- and white-collar workers – marched through downtown San Diego on a hot sunny day to pay tribute to the late farm labor leader and humanitarian on his state birthday holiday. Marchers, many […]
April 13, 2017
Alarming calls likely are scams
Berta Aldrete of San Diego made the mistake of thinking the man who called her was a relative who lives in Mexico. He was actually an impostor trying to cheat her out of money. Phone scams targeting Spanish-speakers in San Diego County are on the rise, according to one local law enforcement official. "Are you […]
April 13, 2017
Boxer shot to death at gym
Tijuana.- A prominent boxer was shot to death at a gym Tuesday evening after arguing with his promoter, allegedly over a woman, according to the municipal police department. Humberto Tapia, 25, was well known in the boxing community because he had fought since he was 12 years old, participating in amateur tournaments and even representing […]
April 13, 2017
San Diegan gets national honors
Growing up in El Centro, Nadia Bermudez looked up to her father "who worked very hard in his profession." Salvador Bermudez was an ironworker. She is a lawyer and her dedication to her profession was recently recognized. The Hispanic National Bar Association named Bermudez, 34, as one of its five "Top Lawyers under 40" award […]
April 13, 2017
Another fiesta fit for ‘home’ team
Qualcomm Stadium is home to two teams. The Chargers and San Diego State Aztecs football team. But there just might be another home team at the "Q." Mexico. As in "El Tri." Not the U.S. national soccer team. At least that's what a veteran local English-language newspaper writer wrote a few years back. Some locals […]
April 13, 2017
Party time for the faithful at game
The soccer game Tuesday night between the teams of Mexico and Venezuela was not exactly a final in the World Cup but don't tell that to the 60,808 fans who turned out to Qualcomm Stadium. The "green wave," as the followers of Mexico's team are called, know how to throw a party before a big […]
April 13, 2017
Have the courage to work for change’
Before becoming the most influential Latino in U.S. history Cesar Chavez struggled with the idea of abandoning the security of a full-time job so he could dedicate his life to organizing farm workers. It was 1962. The future labor and civil rights leader, whose state holiday will be observed Thursday, was 35 years old with […]
April 13, 2017
Youth party leader accused of murder
Tijuana.- Authorities accused a youth leader of the PAN party of murdering a young man he befriended through Facebook. The state Attorney Generals Office on Sunday announced that Omar González Rivera, 20, and Dafne América Prieto Abaugy, 26, had robbed and strangled the man last January in Tijuana. The Tijuana leader of the National Action […]
April 13, 2017
Mexico’s top roster awaits Venezuela
The Mexican national soccer team will field its best roster in recent years to face a team it has always beaten. El Tri will take on Venezuela on Tuesday in an exhibition match at Qualcomm Stadium in front of a crowd expected to top 60,000. This game serves as El Tri's secondtolast tune-up match heading […]
April 13, 2017
