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  • August 2008

    • Work Begins on Controversial San Diego Border Fence

      Associated Press  |  Aug 16, 08 4:58 AM CDT

      Work Begins on Controversial San Diego Border Fence

      (Newser) - Construction crews have launched work on a controversial section of the US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, AP reports. The Smuggler's Gulch canyon will be filled with dirt and a fence built at a cost of $16 million a mile. Critics charge the fence is no longer vital and the work will cause serious environmental damage. More »

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      San Diego  • illegal immigration  • Mexican border  • border security  • Border Patrol  • border fence  • Tijuana

  • June 2008

    • Under Violent Seige, Tijuana's Elite Flee

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Under Violent Seige, Tijuana's Elite Flee

      (Newser) - As drug-fueled violence skyrockets in Tijuana, the upper-class is fleeing the city, with more than 1,000 wealthy families migrating to the US, reports the LA Times . The Mexican city is now second to Baghdad in kidnappings and many American real estate agents describe clients who arrive missing fingers or with fresh wounds. A government crackdown on drug cartels may have forced organized crime groups to seek out other means of income. More »

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      crime  • kidnapping  • drugs  • immigration  • wealth  • Tijuana  • border crossing

  • April 2008

    • 15 Dead in Tijuana Shootout

      Reuters  |  Apr 26, 08 7:20 PM CDT

      15 Dead in Tijuana Shootout

      (Newser) - A gunfight between Tijuana drug cartel rivals left 15 dead and eight wounded near the US border today, Reuters reports. The worst violence in Mexico's 3-year drug war, it filled a city road with bodies and took the lives of two top hit men from the Arellano Felix cartel. "Today shows we are facing a terrible war never seen before on the (U.S.-Mexico) border," said Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno. More »

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      Mexico  • drug trafficking  • drug war  • Mexican border  • War on Drugs  • gun violence  • Tijuana  • shootout

  • March 2008

    • Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire

      Wired  |  Mar 28, 08 10:58 AM CDT

      Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire

      (Newser) - An ugly clash of cultures is surfacing in Mexico with so-called emo teenagers being viciously beaten in big cities across the country, Wired reports. In one well-publicized attack north of Mexico City, an 800-strong mob—made up of punk fans and ordinary working-class teens—beat up a handful of long-haired, mascara-wearing teens. Another attack in the capital itself has prompted the police to begin anti-riot patrols. More »

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      Mexico  • teenagers  • Latin America  • riots  • Mexico City  • youth  • Tijuana  • emo

  • December 2007

    • Border Strife Escalating in Tijuana

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 14, 07 4:18 PM CST

      Border Strife Escalating in Tijuana

      (Newser) - Areas of Tijuana that abut the American border have turned into battlegrounds, as Mexican smugglers lob rocks from rooftops at US Border Patrol agents, who have begun retaliating by firing pepper spray and tear gas into densely populated neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Times reports. The tactics have caused evacuations and sent both residents and agents to the hospital. More »

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      Mexico  • border security  • Border Patrol  • border fence  • Tijuana  • border dispute  • pepper spray

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