Group 2013 March

Baja archive for March, 2013

Majority of narcotic arrests near Mexico border involve U.S. citizens

New report reveals large number of U.S. citizens involved in border drug trafficking

According to a recent analysis by the Center for Investigative Reporting, 4 out of 5 border drug smuggling busts involve ...

Baja nights: At Los Cristales you eat while you're riding the wave

The restaurant on the rock serves the rich, the famous, and Ed

I happened on this burger totally accidentally. Never meant to come here. Had never heard if it. I’m way down ...

Baja State prosecutor: 20% of female homicides are drug related

State official claims rise in female murders is related to rise in female criminals

The head Baja California state prosecutor, Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, stated that the rise in female homicides in the state is ...

L.A. native gets 43 year sentence for killing two people near Ensenada

American working for cartel killed a man and woman, seriously injured another woman

A United States citizen, working as a hitman in Mexico, was sentenced to over 43 years in prison on Monday, ...

Over 10 tons of drugs seized in Baja California Sur

5 tons of crystal meth and 5 tons of marijuana confiscated near San Ignacio

More than ten tons of narcotics were seized over the weekend near the remote Baja California Sur town of San ...

The Perception of FEAR

*PERCEPTION OF FEAR By Tony Brogdon Creating perceptions that translate into fear are commonly used by politicians, salesmen, advertisers, and ...

More than 200,000 travelers expected in Baja California for Easter

Annual tourists expected to continue in large numbers for Semana Santa

The state of Baja California expects up to a quarter million travelers to visit tourists destinations during Easter week, which ...

The Vanishing Women of Baja

Women vanish around the world every day. Some women are simply never heard from again, while others are found buried ...

Mother kills two young daughters, then self, in Rosarito

Daughters 7 and 9 gagged then hung

Playas de Rosarito police discovered two young girls murdered in their home in the evening of Wednesday, March 20th. The ...

Cauliflower ceviche at the Vegetarian Cuisine & Arts Festival in Tijuana

The second bi-annual veggie fest at Margarita's Village offered clever Baja Med cuisine

If the words “Tijuana vegetarian food festival” evoke images in your mind of, at worst, rows of bean and cheese ...

Little Fish Comic Book Studio debuts American BOOOM!

Ocean Beach comic studio releases borderland superhero story at Villainous Lair Comics - Normal Heights

Little Fish Comic Book Studio is celebrating the release of their debut publication - a San Diego/Tijuana-based comic called American ...

Man admits to dismembering woman with help of family members in Tijuana

Suspect killed victim and attempted to dispose of body before being caught near border fence

A Tijuana man admitted to killing and dismembering a woman after being detained by municipal authorities on Monday, March 18th. ...

Two female victims found dead within 48 hours near U.S. border in Tijuana

One victim’s body dismembered, another strangled to death

Two women were found dead near the U.S. border in Tijuana within 48 hours, according to municipal and state authorities. ...

Dying in Mexicali

Translated by Fulano from an article in El Mexicano by Víctor Islas Parra MEXICALI.- In front of the apathetic view ...

PGR: Drug related crimes plummeting in Baja California

Official report states lower drug crime in state and nation for start of year

The Attorney General’s Office of Mexico (Procuraduría General de la República or PGR) released positive statistics on drug related crime ...

Top cartel operative apprehended in Tijuana

Alleged second in command of Arellano Félix Organization arrested

The Mexican Army carried out an operation for over an hour in the Colonia Juárez in Tijuana, on Friday, March ...

Teen rescued from captor in Tijuana

Another teenage girl rescued after being held against her will

A 15 year old girl was rescued in Tijuana on Wednesday, March 13th, after police were notified she was being ...

Project Donate supports charities by promoting local music

A team of Eastlake High School alumni curate music for fundraisers benefiting muscular dystrophy, autism, and a Tijuana orphanage.

Every now and then, when cosmic bodies align just so and Santa Anas cloak the breeze with their curious desert ...

Mexicali celebrating 110 years as a city

Capital of Baja California founded in 1903

Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, is celebrating 110 years as a city on Thursday, March 14th. The city, with ...

Rosarito police officer arrested for exploiting teen

Six arrested and teen rescued by Tijuana police

A municipal police officer from Playas de Rosarito was arrested, along with five other accomplices, for sexually exploiting a teenage ...

Vegetarian Cuisine & Arts Festival gets second whirl in Tijuana

Festival aims to show the organic beauty of edible and non-edible products with food, music, crafts and more.

After a "very encouraging" first edition of the Vegetarian Cuisine & Arts Festival (VC&AF) last November, a second edition of ...

Only 17 and he already killed 9 people

Translated by Fulano from a news article in El Mexicano TIJUANA - "El Morrito," 17 years old and he has ...

Mexico hopes to weaken world’s richest man Carlos Slim with competition bill

New bill to lower costs and weaken monopolies

Mexico plans to go through with a bill that would allow more competition in markets that are dominated by one ...

Suspected teenage hitman apprehended in Tijuana

17 year old allegedly killed 9 victims in less than a year

A suspected teenage hitman was apprehended in Tijuana on Saturday, March 9th, after pulling off a brazen attack which killed ...

Baja’s Big Game

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/11/41548/ An abundance of great angling opportunities exist around the entire Baja peninsula, but a few of them can be ...

Harlem Shake felt throughout San Diego

Dumb dance fascinates millions. Hijinks ensue.

Watching the potentially utopian vehicle of cyber-memes get twisted into unabashed marketing ploys may leave you a little cynical (like ...

The Magical Islands of La Paz

Over the centuries, Baja Sur’s capitol city of La Paz has been a virtual magnet for missionaries, pearl divers, pirates, ...

Tijuana rounds up 14 drug dealers overnight

Municipal police working diligently to apprehend local criminals

The Tijuana municipal police rounded up 14 alleged drug dealers in the late hours of Tuesday, March 5th, and into ...

California border apprehensions lowest in over 10 years

Number of those caught attempting to cross border illegally dropping

The number of people caught trying to cross into California illegally has dropped to its lowest number in over 10 ...

Otras Obras: ten dollar tattoos in Tijuana

Art space off La Sexta offers $10 tats by Tijuana and Los Angeles artists.

It may well be the premise of The Hangover III, but on Saturday, March 16 you are invited to round ...

Missing 15 year old Tijuana girl sought

Family seeking girl who has not been seen in 8 days

A Tijuana family is seeking help in locating their high school age daughter, as she has been missing since February ...

No homicides in month of February for Ensenada, first without since 2005

Baja California city officially records zero homicides

The city of Ensenada, which lies 103km (64.2 miles) south of Tijuana, recorded its first month without a homicide since ...

Three killed in Tijuana drug violence

Alleged drug dealers gunned down in street violence

During the late hours of Thursday, February 28th, and into Friday morning, three homicides occurred across Tijuana. According to authorities, ...

Drug war spillover at border "highly underreported," says GAO

Report to Congress by Government Accountability Office speculates on possibility drug war in Mexico may escalate and cross the Southwest border into U.S.

Heads are rolling and bullets flying in the United States-assisted drug war south of the border, but - so far ...