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Son of Mexico’s president target of ‘fat jokes’ on social media
AMLO’s son is known as “el chocolflan.” Choco for chocolate, and flan for the popular Mexican custard-like dessert. → Read More
CBX passengers now have access to free COVID-19 tests
The Cross Border Xpress, a private terminal connecting the U.S. to Tijuana’s international airport, just added a new amenity for passengers: a COVID-19 test site. → Read More
California group using discarded tires to build parks south of the border
The Tijuana River Valley is filled with trails, wildlife, flora and fauna, unfortunately the entire valley is also littered with old tires. → Read More
San Diego County takes measures to prepare for post-Title 42 influx of migrants
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to prepare the county for the influx of migrants once Title 42 is lifted. → Read More
Ukrainians told no more crossings on foot into U.S. through ports of entry
As of April 25, the Department of Homeland Security will launch the United 4 Ukraine program (U4K), that will allow Ukrainian war refugees to seek asylum in Europe. They will not be able to walk through ports of entry like they’ve been doing for weeks from cities such as Tijuana. → Read More
$134 million project adds more truck lanes to California port of entry
The U.S. General Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection cut the ribbon on the expanded commercial side of Otay Mesa Port of Entry. → Read More
Expulsions through Baja California remain high ahead of Title 42 rollback
During the first two months of this year the number of expulsions through Baja California has remained high, a pattern that began in 2021 according to Colegio de la Frontera, a prominent collegiate think tank based in Tijuana. → Read More
Republican congressional delegation bashes Biden’s border policies
A group of U.S. House of Representatives, made up of conservative members of Congress, is finishing its second day of touring border crossings and other facilities in California and Arizona. → Read More
Arrests made in murder of Tijuana journalist
The State Attorney General for the state of Baja California, Ricardo Iván Carpio Sánchez, says the murder of Lourdes Maldonado was not the result of her journalistic enterprise. Three men have been arrested in connection with her murder. → Read More
Well-known photojournalist in Tijuana gunned down outside his home
Independent photojournalist Margarito Martínez was assassinated this morning outside his Tijuana home. His body was found in the driver’s seat of his car. → Read More
U.S. Embassy in Tijuana says only 30 MPP applicants will be sent back each day to wait in border city
A representative from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico told migrant advocates and those who operate shelters in Tijuana that the Migrant Protocols Program will ramp up over the next few weeks. → Read More
Storm wreaks havoc on Tijuana, kills 3, floods migrant camp
The Civil Defense Department within the city of Tijuana is reporting three people were killed in a powerful storm that hit the region on Tuesday. → Read More
Fog creates ideal conditions for migrant smuggling to go undetected, Border Patrol says
It’s been really foggy in the San Diego-Tijuana region all week, creating ideal conditions for human smuggling along this part of the southern border. → Read More
Activists ask California DA to file obstruction of justice charges tied to ‘shadow units’ at Border Patrol
Local immigration advocates and community activists gathered outside San Diego’s Hall of Justice calling for the district attorney to launch an inquiry against a group of Border Patrol agents and their supervisors involved in the death investigation of Anastasio Hernández Rojas. → Read More
Charter boat captain discovers, likely saves lives of 25 migrants adrift at sea off San Diego coast
Sports fishing charter boat captain spots a panga boat in ocean in the middle of the night and helps rescue 25 migrants who had been adrift at sea for three days with no food or water. → Read More
State of California hires border wall contractor to screen and vaccinate migrants for COVID-19
According to a publication called San Diego Newsdesk, California Governor Gavin Newsom has hired a company called Sullivan Land Services Co., SLSCO, to screen, test, and vaccinate immigrants crossing California’s border. SLSCO is the same company hired by President Trump to build the controversial border wall. → Read More
Border retailers can’t help but worry despite the lifting of travel restrictions
Merchants along San Ysidro Boulevard are ecstatic the essential travel restrictions are fading away, but they worry the weak peso will limit the buying power of customers from Mexico. They also shared concerns about long border waits being a deterrent once the restrictions are removed on November 8. → Read More
VIDEO: California border agents rescue man caught in riptide near border wall
Last week, two Border Patrol agents rescued a man who was drowning in the Pacific Ocean near the U.S.-Mexico border. Turned out it was not a migrant who tried to illegally swim around the border barrier that extends into the water, but a swimmer who got caught in a rip current that pushed him north of the border. → Read More
1,300 bodies remain unclaimed this year in Tijuana, medical examiner says
TIJUANA (Border Report) — Tijuana’s Medical Examiner’s office said that on average, it has 1,300 unclaimed bodies that have to be buried in a mass grave every year. → Read More
Travel restrictions? No problem, just fly over them
As it turns out, if you fly direct from Mexico to the U.S. for the sake of shopping or to site-see, you can do it and not have to worry about essential travel restrictions. Many are taking advantage and have begun flying in on small airplanes from cities such as Ensenada, Mexico, located about 70 miles south of the border. → Read More