Bodies, violence and unwanted detainment: Oh my. Human rights activist Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson has been detained by US Border Officials who want him to seek asylum… despite the fact that he’s not interested in doing so.
18 October 2009
Of Shit And Fans: U.S. Detains Mexican Human Activist, Mutilated Body Found Hanging In Tijuana
By Alex Alvarez at 12:11 PM.
29 September 2009
Recession Woes Bring U.S. Prostitutes And Older Housewives To Tijuana’s Red Light District
By Alex Alvarez at 2:26 PM.
More and more U.S. sex workers are heading south of the border (you shut up) in order to seek work in a safer, regulated and potentially more lucrative environment than on U.S. streets.
23 September 2009
A Shoot Out At The Mexican Border Stopped Traffic Last Night, Hurry Juanes!
By Cindy Casares at 3:59 PM.
Traffic was at a standstill last night at the San Ysidro port of entry that connects San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico when ICE agents opened fire on some human traffickers also known as coyotes to mi gente.
16 September 2009
A Tasty Treat: The Tijuana Tongue Tapdance
By Alejandro Paz at 9:53 AM.
Darlingly bold Jessica Fink is an artist. And here’s the awesome thing: Jessica has been to Mexico. And somehow, her sweet cabezita cooked up this brilliant medley of images depicting the Tijuana Tongue Tapdance. Check the pics.
The Tijuana Tongue Tapdance: Photo Gallery
By Alejandro Paz at 6:00 AM.
5 August 2009
Tijuana: Happy, Friendly Bicyclists Say It’s Not All Drugs And Murder
By Alex Alvarez at 5:05 PM.
Bicycle enthusiasts in Tijuana are doing their part to change the notion that some may have of their fair city being a place of crime and drugs and bloated pink American coeds throwing up on a poor little burro painted to resemble a zebra.
14 July 2009
Men Of Mexico, U.S, We Implore You: Please Start Wearing Condoms When Patronizing Prostitutes In Tijuana
By Alex Alvarez at 9:26 AM.
A new study published in the rather appropriately-named AIDS: Official Journal of the International AIDS Society shows that many American and Mexican men who frequent prostitutes in Tijuana don’t use condoms and have a history of alcohol and drug problems.
16 May 2009
Four U.S. Citizens Found Strangled In Tijuana
By Alex Alvarez at 12:31 PM.
Four Latino tourists to Mexico were found stabbed, beaten and strangled in a van in Tijuana at a time when the city is trying to assure travelers that Tijuana is a safe destination.
23 January 2009
Tijuana Too Dangerous For U.S. Marines
By Cindy Casares at 12:10 PM.
A new order handed down from Lt. Gen. Samuel Helland at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California says Marines are banned from going to Mexico because it’s too dangerous. Semper fi! Or not!
