Juarez firefighters give kids reason to smile on Christmas
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – It’s an 85-year-old tradition that a handful of firefighters and a generous community refuse to let die. The annual ‘Santa Bombero’ toy giveaway for needy children...
View Article95% of Haitians arriving in Tijuana plan on crossing border
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Haitian consulate in Tijuana estimates 95% of Haitians showing up in Baja California plan on illegally crossing the border soon after their arrival to pursue "the...
View ArticleMaquiladoras agree to offer jobs to migrants in Tijuana
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A little more than 3,000 migrants in Tijuana have been able to land jobs in the maquiladora and restaurant industries since 2022. Julia Gloria Gómez Martínez, director of...
View ArticleTijuana police launches crackdown on illegal firework sales
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The use of fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices is prohibited in the city of Tijuana, but according to its police department, many don't adhere to this law and that's...
View ArticleIn brief: Smugglers starved migrants for two weeks
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Juarez, Mexico say they rescued 10 migrants from a home where smugglers kept them under lock and key for 10 days. The Mexican and Central American captives...
View ArticleDomestic violence cases on the rise in Tijuana and Baja
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- This year, through the end of October, there have been more than 4,000 cases of domestic violence reported to police in Tijuana, according figures released by the...
View ArticleHealth warning issued in Tijuana over poor air quality
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The state of Baja California is asking Tijuana residents to limit outdoor activities especially between the hours of 4 and 10 a.m. due to unhealthy air quality. Baja's...
View ArticleFrustration grows as work on Tijuana boardwalk remains stalled
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Tijuana residents who live along the coast are growing inpatient with the city and a boardwalk project that was supposed to be done months ago. Last year, the city decided...
View ArticleUS shows off $1 billion Mexico City embassy after years of delays
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday dedicated its more than $1 billion new embassy in Mexico, some two years after it was scheduled to be completed. Outgoing U.S. Amb. Ken Salazar said...
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Deported veterans make final push for pardons, get help from unlikely source
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- When Alex Murillo returned to the U.S. two years ago, he had been in what he calls "exile in Mexico" for 11 years. After getting north of the border through the San Ysidro...
View Article80% of women in Tijuana's migrant shelters are from Mexico
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- People who operate shelters in Tijuana say 80% of the women who arrive at their facilities and plan on crossing the border are from Mexico. They also say most don't have...
View ArticleOwner reclaims impounded car with body in trunk
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Juarez, Mexico, are trying to find out who abandoned a stolen car that was taken to a government impound lot, where the owner days later found a body in the...
View ArticleSoldier held in strangulation deaths of 3 women in Tijuana
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A person described as a "soldier" with the Mexican Army was arrested in Tijuana this week for his alleged involvement in the killing of three women who were found...
View ArticleTijuana police to screen northbound commuters at port of entry
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Another "security filter" will be installed at a San Diego-Tijuana port of entry where northbound border commuters must show their legal documents to Tijuana police or...
View ArticleUS residents flock to Mexico bearing gifts for family members, but leery of...
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – They come from places like Jerome, Idaho, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Their pickups are loaded with gifts, their spirits full of hope at the prospect of seeing extended...
View ArticleMigrants keep dying in pursuit of American dream
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The last fiscal year was the deadliest on record in the El Paso area when it comes to migrants dying while crossing illegally into the United States. A total of 176...
View ArticleIn brief: Mexican president to visit Juarez
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is making a two-day working trip to the state of Chihuahua beginning this Friday. In her daily public broadcast, Sheinbaum...
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Boulders to keep stench and toxins out of Tijuana River Valley not working,...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The city of San Diego recently placed boulders along a portion of the Tijuana River Valley, where the river goes under Saturn Boulevard, to keep the water from splashing...
View ArticleIncoming Trump press secretary says Day 1 executive order may tackle Title 42
President-elect Trump’s incoming press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s Day 1 executive orders may tackle Title 42. Leavitt joined Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” where she outlined what...
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Long waits, weak peso keep Mexican shoppers away, California merchants say
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- For a Monday morning, parking along San Ysidro Boulevard and at strip malls that line the roadway just north of border, was at a premium and hard to find. There was a...
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