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Street Murders in Tijuana, Rosarito & Mexicali

Baja Racing News LIVE! (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Almost Mexico...

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

I didn't actually want to go to Mexico you understand. It's just that there is a large outlet shopping mall right next to the border in San Ysidro and K me thought we should look for some cheap clothes.Tijuana TrolleySo we paid our 5 each for a day transit pass and got on the 'Tijuana Trolley' or Blue Line as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Authority now call it. From the trolley stop it

Mary-Louise Parker Talks About What She Hopes for on 'Weeds' Season 5

BuddyTV (Free subscription) | yesterday

In the fourth season of Weeds, Nancy relocated her family to the fictional town of Ren Mar, located on the San Diego-Tijuana border, after having set fire to her house and burning it down at the end of the previous...

Mexico: 16 killed in rough border state

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday

State officials blamed warring cells of the Arellano-Felix drug cartel for the killings and other homicides plaguing the area in recent weeks.

• Mexico: 16 killed in rough border state - kansascity.com
• Mexico drug wars claim 11 more in rough border state - Daily News
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

DocArchive: In the Shadow of the Cartel : Assignment

BBC (Free subscription) | yesterday

In Mexico, the government has deployed thousands of troops in an attempt to break up the powerful drug cartels operating in the country. Emilio San Pedro travels to the border city of Tijuana and profiles a community under pressure from one of Mexico's most violent gangs.

Bodies pile up in Mexican border town as drug wars grow in ferocity

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

BODIES are cut up and dumped in acid. Victims are stripped naked and hung from bridges. Others have their tongues cut out before being killed – Mexican gangs are using horri

• Mexican Civil War: Violence Escalates - One Old Vet
• Vicious killings escalate in Mexico drug war - Reuters
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Punta Brava Welcomes Tiger Woods

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | yesterday

Isn’t that … Mexico?: “[Tiger Woods] has designed a golf course on a spectacular piece of land along the Pacific Ocean, just south of Ensenada and about 70 miles south of San Diego. It is called Punta Brava (Wild Point), and is a $100-million project financed by entrepreneur and former NFL and NBA owner Red [...]

• Tiger Woods finds a way to keep busy - LA Times
• Tiger Woods and Punta Brava new golf course - In Entertainment

Utahns among group charged with illegally selling prescription drugs over Web

Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Posted: 2:51 PM- A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment Wednesday charging 18 people, most of them Utah residents, with illegal sales of prescription drugs over the Internet.

Cruz Vs. Salido On Oct. 23

Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

CRISTOBAL CRUZ vs. ORLANDO SALIDO IBF FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD NORTHERN QUEST CASINO ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2008 SPOKANE, WA (Oct. 7) – CRISTOBAL CRUZ will square off against ORLANDO SALIDO on Oct. 23 at Northern Quest Casino for the vacant International Boxing Federation ...

Confine Your Political Thoughts to This Space

The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

That One: McCain was on the offensive, and a couple times, even funny! Clearly, he doesn’t like Barry, as evidenced by the non-handshake at the night’s end. Tom Brokaw was in control of the debate last night in the same way we could control our bowel movements the last time we went to Tijuana. And [...]

Linus Torvalds blogs about nerding out, kids, and America [Bloggers]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Maybe you didn't exactly invent an operating system. But other than that, Linus Torvald is just like you! The open-source movement's favorite Finn has gotten into the blogging game, just like every... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

San Diego / Tijuana Students Eligible for Six Kyoto Scholarships Valued at Up to $10,000 Each

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applications for the 2009-2010 Kyoto Scholarships are now available to high school seniors from San Diego County and the greater Tijuana area, as announced today

• San Diego / Tijuana Students Eligible for Six Kyoto Scholarships Valued at Up to $10,000 Each - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Five slain in Tijuana drug gang violence

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Five more bodies were found in Tijuana, Mexico, last weekend, adding to the growing death toll from a drug gang war raging in the border city, officials said. The Baja California Attorney General's office says the bodies were discovered between Saturday night and Monday morning, with one Saturday shootout along Tijuana's main highway leaving one person dead, four injured...

Global Credit Crunch Affects Dealer

The Cult of Qelqoth (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Tijuana, Mexico — For almost twelve years, Pedro Alvarez has enjoyed trading controlled narcotics from a burnt out El Camino near a Tijuana landfill. Priding himself on the sincerity of his business mantra - “Pay up or I cut you” - Alvarez has become a household name for those wishing to escape their problems [...]

Mexico's Drug Wars Continue

War News Updates (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

( Photo from Time Magazine ) 50 Dead In Seven Days In Mexico's Drugs War -- Times Online Mexico’s descent into bloody lawlessness continued to intensify over the weekend, as another nine bodies were discovered in the border city of Tijuana—taking the body count to nearly 50 in just seven days—and the mayor of a popular tourist town was shot dead by hooded gunmen. The violence comes amid a civil war...