Drug War

Public Safety

Prosecutors Unable To Tie Tijuana Police To Organized Crime

Amy Isackson

Thirteen Tijuana police officers detained a year-and-a-half ago for their alleged ties to organized crime have been freed. They were arrested as part of an unprecedented crack down on police corruption.
Border & Immigration

Violence Reaches New Peak In Mexican Drug War

Jason Beaubien, NPR

Over the past two weeks, hundreds of people have been gunned down in Mexico as drug violence continues to escalate. The surge in killings comes as President Felipe Calderon is ramping up efforts to win more public support for the drug war.
Public Safety

SDSU Students And Faculty Plan To Protest Tijuana Travel Ban

Amy Isackson

A group of San Diego State University students and professors plan to cross the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday to protest the California State University's ban on study and research in Tijuana. They say the CSU chancellor's ignorance about Tijuana informed his mistaken decision.
Border & Immigration

Drug War In Focus As Mexican President Visits US

Jason Beaubien, NPR

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for the start of a state visit in which insecurity in Mexico and Calderon's drug war are likely to be high on the agenda.
Public Safety

Baja California Officials Say Travel Warning Unjustified

Amy Isackson

Baja Calfiornia's Secretary of Tourism says it is unfair that the U.S State Department's new travel warning for Mexico includes Baja California. The murders of three people in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend prompted the State Department to upgrade its alert.
Public Safety

Emergency Call Leads Mexican Law Enforcement To Tunnel in Tijuana

Amy Isackson

Mexican law enforcement authorities unearthed a suspected smuggling tunnel in Tijuana Thursday afternoon inside a building near the Otay Mesa border crossing.
Public Safety

Mexican Drug Cartels Infiltrating U.S. Border, Immigration and Transportation Agencies

Amy Isackson

US Customs and Border Protection officials say Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating federal law enforcement agencies. But, officials say they don't have the resources to weed out all of the corrupt officers.
Public Safety

Mexican Soldiers Free 6 In Tijuana

Amy Isackson

The Mexican Amy says it freed six men in Tijuana early Wednesday morning and detained a man and a woman who allegedly held the group captive. However, the army shared few details about the case.
Public Safety

Tijuana Mayor Wants U.S. State Department To Reconsider Mexico Travel Alert

Amy Isackson

Tijuana's Mayor wants the U.S. State Department to omit warnings about violence in Tijuana from future travel alerts on Mexico.
Public Safety

Mexican Army Seizes 35,000 Pounds of Marijuana

Amy Isackson

The Mexican Army has made one of the largest ever marijuana seizures in Baja California. Soldiers at a highway checkpoint near San Felipe, Mexico found more than 35,000 pounds of the drug packed inside a tractor trailer.