Velázquez believes strong ties within the San Diego-Tijuana region bond people who share a culture and traditions in spite of the border and politics.

Nathaly Corona Duarte, 20, was found dead in Sonora, Mexico, outside Tijuana in September. In July 2024, a woman called Bentonville police to report that Corona was being beaten at an apartment. Police found Corona locked in the bathroom and Johan Lopez Castaneda,

A suspected member of the notorious Tijuana-based enforcement group Los Cabos was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Thursday.

Susano Cordoba, right, sells peanuts to truck drivers lining up to cross the border into the United States as tariffs against Mexico go into effect, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. Financial news is displayed as Ppeople work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York,

Trucks line up to cross the border into the United States as tariffs against Mexico go into effect, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

We are providing services in terms of immigration, legal and human rights, many don’t have the necessary documents or a social security number to live and work in Mexico,” she

The ongoing uncertainty over tariffs implemented on Mexico has led to a 30% halt in construction investment in the city of Tijuana and Northern Baja California.

At the top of the list is Haiti’s Port-au-Prince with 139 homicides per 100,000 residents, followed by five cities in Mexico: Colima, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Tijuana and Ciudad Obregón.

Three children play where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States meets the Pacific Ocean, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/)

U.S. President Donald Trump’s long-threatened tariffs are here — plunging America into an escalating trade war with China, Canada and Mexico.

Mexico’s president says the country will respond to the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, with details to come.

President Donald Trump on Thursday paused tariffs on some products from Mexico and Canada, temporarily withdrawing major portions of a policy issued two days earlier. The one-month exemption will lift tariffs for all Canadian and Mexican goods compliant with United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,