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Master of Disguise: Fugitive Had Plastic Surgery Years Before Girlfriend Found in Trunk in Tijuana
The puffy-faced 50-year-old Tyler Adams has managed to elude law enforcement on both sides of the border since crossing into the US on June 16
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Long Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Found Linking San Diego, Tijuana
The entrance of a “narcotics tunnel” was found at a home in Tijuana and was used to discretely cross the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out acts of organized crimes and other illicit activities, authorities in Mexico said.
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Veteran Mexican Journalist Killed in Tijuana — Second This Week
Lourdes Maldonado López went to one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily morning news conferences in 2019 and asked for his support, help and labor justice. “Because I fear for my life,” she said.
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Tijuana-Based Kidnap Ring Operating on Both Sides of Border Killed 6 Hostages: DA
In one case, a man was killed even though his son left a $25,000 ransom payment in the women’s restroom of a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, according to the indictment.
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A Chef's Recipe for Success After Pandemic Shutdowns
Priscilla Curiel has made a name for herself as the chef who put bone marrow birria tacos on the map in San Diego County. Although she closed down one restaurant due to the pandemic, she’s ready for a new start in Old Town — with not one restaurant, but two.
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U.S. Extends Restrictions for Non-Essential Travel Across Mexico Border Through Aug. 21
Restrictions on non-essential travel at the U.S.-Mexico border will be yet again extended by another month, just as they were set to expire Wednesday night, according to a document set to be published in the Federal Register.
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Body of Missing Los Angeles Firefighter Found
Mexican officials announced Wednesday that they had located the body of Frank Aguilar, a California firefighter who disappeared without a trace in late August.
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Los Angeles Firefighter Still Missing as 2 Arrested in Tijuana for Abduction
The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California confirmed the arrests of two people allegedly involved in the disappearance of a Los Angeles firefighter in Rosarito, Baja California. According to the Attorney General, suspects Fanny N., 32, and Santos N., 27, were arrested Thursday, on a highway to Playas de Rosarito for their alleged involvement in the disappearance…
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Mexico Seizes 2 Tons of Meth, 8 Tons of Marijuana, Fentanyl
Mexican soldiers seized a huge drug stash at a house in the border city of Tijuana, including about two tons of methamphetamine, eight tons of marijuana and 131,500 pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
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Couple Arrested in Ransom Scheme After 2 SoCal Men Killed in Mexico
A couple was arrested last week and accused of collecting payments in a kidnap for ransom scheme that left a San Diego man and a Norwalk man dead in Tijuana, Mexico.
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Nearly $30M in Drugs Seized From ‘Sophisticated' Cross-Border Tunnel
Nearly $30 million worth of drugs were seized after federal authorities discovered a “sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel” that connected a warehouse in Otay Mesa, California, to another warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico, earlier this month.
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5th Body Found on Tijuana Lot, Suspect Remains in Custody
A fifth body has been found on a property in this border city, and Mexican officials said Tuesday that they are beginning to suspect they may have a serial killer in custody.
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Drowned Migrants Return to El Salvador for Burial
The young father and daughter who drowned in each other’s arms last week in an attempt to swim across the Rio Grande to the United States have been returned to El Salvador for an expected burial at a private ceremony in the capital Monday. Their bodies entered the Central American country by land Sunday from neighboring Guatemala. Photographs of Valeria,...
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CBP Detains US Citizen, 9, Accuses Her of Lying About Identity, Mother Says
A mother and her 9-year-old daughter were separated for 36 hours after the child fell into U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody because agents at the border didn’t believe she was who she claimed to be.
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US Expands Program Making Asylum Seekers Wait in Mexico
The U.S. government said Tuesday it has expanded a program requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases proceed through immigration court. They also reported that 240 migrants seeking asylum have been returned to Mexico under the program. Homeland Security officials said the program is now at the Calexico port, about 120 miles east of the San Ysidro port...
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Trump Administration Plans to Turn Asylum-Seekers Back to Mexico
The Trump administration plans to begin turning asylum-seekers back across the southern border on Friday to wait in Mexico under a new policy designed to crack down on immigration by Central American families, according to three Department of Homeland Security officials familiar with the matter. Customs and Border Protection officers will begin returning asylum-seekers trying to enter at the San...
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Last Year's Central American Caravan Dwindles, New One Forms
The migrant caravan that was seized upon by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2018 midterm election has quietly dwindled, with many having gone home to Central America or put down roots in Mexico.
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Expansion of Immigration Policy Making It Harder For Those Seeking Citizenship
The administration has been enforcing the planned policy change without final approval from the Department of Homeland Security, according to two local immigration attorneys.
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Mexico Urges Thorough Probe Into Border Tear Gas Incident
Mexico’s foreign affairs ministry has formally asked the United States government to conduct a thorough investigation into a Jan. 1 incident in which U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop crossing migrants. In a statement Thursday, the ministry said through its embassy that it lamented any violent acts along its border. It reiterated its commitment to the safety...
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Asylum Rules for Domestic and Gang Violence Victims
Justice Department policies that made it harder for immigrants to claim asylum if they were victims of domestic or gang violence were dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge who found they violated existing immigration laws, NBC News reported. The policies were announced in June by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said that fear of domestic abuse or gang violence was...