Cartels abduct more than 1,200 migrants, police chief says
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Chihuahua, Mexico, say they have freed 1,245 migrants from criminal gangs in the past seven months. The kidnapping, extortion and violence inflicted on the...
View ArticleRide-share drivers fearful following robberies, murders
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The man wearing a plain baseball hat places his right hand behind the driver’s head. With his left he gestures for her to be quiet. The man mutters quick,...
View ArticleMore unaccompanied children showing up at Tijuana shelters
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Shelters in Tijuana have seen an uptick in the number of unaccompanied minors coming into their facilities in recent months. Migrant advocates say this is due in part to...
View ArticleMexico offering free legal clinics in US
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The Mexican government is partnering with U.S. nonprofits and a few law firms to help some immigrants overcome legal hurdles ranging from staving off deportation to...
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Pennsylvania murder suspect caught in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities say they have expelled a U.S. citizen wanted in connection with a murder committed in Pennsylvania. The suspect only identified as Donald Xavier...
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CBP One appointments 'difficult to get,' migrant who waited 8 months says
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Monise Sainneus said she stopped working as a street vendor selling food items when her hometown in Haiti became violent, making it almost impossible to earn a living. In...
View ArticleGunmen target 4 inside Juarez grocery store
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Three men are dead, and one remains in critical condition after armed individuals opened fire inside a south Juarez, Mexico, grocery store late Wednesday. The shooting...
View ArticleTijuana mayor still at odds with her political party that wants to oust her
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The internal review to oust Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero from the Morena Party is complete according to her, but party leaders in the state of Baja California say...
View Article24 heat-related deaths reported in Mexicali this summer
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- So far this summer, 24 people have died in the city of Mexicali because of heat-related causes, according to Baja California's Medical Examiner's Office. The figure is...
View Article500K residents living below poverty level in Baja California
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- About half a million people live below the poverty level in Baja California, including 62,000 living in "extreme poverty" in cities such as Tijuana and Mexicali, said...
View ArticleFormer Chihuahua governor faces corruption charges
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Chihuahua state police officers late Wednesday tried to arrest former Gov. Javier Corral Jurado on alleged public corruption charges while he dined at a Mexico City...
View ArticleSheinbaum, who won Mexico's presidential vote in June, is finally declared...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At...
View ArticleUS prosecutors aim to try Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada in New York,...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Mexican drug lord who was arrested in the U.S. could be headed to trial in New York City, after prosecutors filed a request Thursday to move him from Texas. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada,...
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Largest haul of cocaine and fentanyl so far this fiscal year found at Otay...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility discovered 360 pounds of fentanyl powder and cocaine hidden within a flatbed trailer. CBP...
View ArticleDisgruntled teachers shut down northbound traffic lanes at San Ysidro Port of...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A large protest involving disgruntled teachers from Baja California has forced the closure of the northbound traffic lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The...
View ArticleTijuana officials urged to set up tire recycling site
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The lack of a tire-recycling site in Tijuana means people or auto shops that want to properly dispose of used tires, must take them to a center in the city of Mexicali 120...
View ArticleCartels 'squeeze' small businesses, sidewalk vendors in Tijuana
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Small businesses in Tijuana, including sidewalk vendors, are having to pay about $100 per week to cartels in order to remain in business, officials say. Gina Villalobos...
View ArticleSan Diego mayor, Tijuana mayor-elect pledge to work together on behalf of...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Tijuana's incoming Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria met earlier this week and pledged to work together to promote the arts, culture and sports...
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Venezuela wins migrant 'world cup'
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – It’s been many weeks since Anderson crossed Panama’s Darien Gap, toiled through Mexico and came to realize the only way to cross into the U.S. was to sit tight and...
View Article4 Tijuana intersections among Mexico's most dangerous, safety group says
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Four intersections in the city of Tijuana are among Mexico's 50-most dangerous intersections, according to Mexico City-based public safety watch dog Strategy Mission Zero....
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