Once a freewheeling city that has served Americans cheap tequila since the U.S. prohibition era, Tijuana is at the center of a three-way drug war between rival gangs and Mexico’s military. Drug-related murders are a daily occurrence.
The violence is scaring away tourists who came for everything from prostitutes and dental work to medicine. A lively artistic community is also dwindling.
FMCSA granted provisional authority to 3 more Mexican based carriers to participate in the cross border program on Friday afternoon, bringing the total to 15 carrier participants, with a total of 54 power units, more than enough to provide statistical evidence of the success of the program when it winds down in September. The carriers are: Transportes Francisca Burgos Vizcarra from Mexicali, Baja California with 10 trucks; M&N de Mexico from Tecate, Baja California with 1 truck; and Distribuidora Marina El Pescador of Tijuana, Baja California, also with one truck. To date, there are 31 more carriers approved and the ….Read More
More than three dozen Mexican firefighters have been tackling California’s wildfires in what officials say is the first time firemen from south of the border have battled blazes on US soil. “Firefighters are firefighters; it doesn’t matter if they’re Mexican or American,” said Marco Antonio Sanchez Navarro, Director of Tijuana Fire and Civil Protection. “The fires are taking a lot of homes of not only Americans but Mexicans who live in the US,” added Sanchez Navarro.
Editors Note: This is old news, reported here six months ago, but TJ Police have been trying to crack down on the bribery which once ran rampant in this border town. Reports of tourists being forced to withdraw cash from ATM’s has been common. What is not being reported though is some of these “tourists” are shit faced drunk behind the wheels of their RV’s and SUV’s and and this is a convenient way to make the problem disappear. Other sites are trying to tie this to the Mexican Pilot Program and alleging this is what would happen to an ….Read More