In Tijuana, a once-thriving city just across the border from San Diego, the increasingly deadly drug war has touched almost every part of life -- from health care to tourism.
All Posts Tagged With: "Tijuana"
Signature Video
March 5, 2009
Tijuana tourism plunges as fear of drug cartels spreads
Signature Video
March 4, 2009
Mexico’s narco culture sings praises of drug violence
While many Mexicans are revolted by the drug-related murders, kidnappings and rapes that plague the country, there is also a popular subculture that celebrates this widespread violence.
Web Original Video
March 3, 2009
Kidnapping victim recounts disappearance in Tijuana
A Tijuana business owner tells the story of how he was kidnapped by organized crime operation. He refuses to be named, pictured or recorded without voice modification.
Signature Video
March 3, 2009
More Mexicans vanish as drug war escalates
In Tijuana, it is common for people simply to vanish. Known as the "disappeared," Mexico's kidnapping victims are often never heard from again -- 97 percent of the country's kidnapping cases go unsolved by police.
Signature Video
March 2, 2009
Gangsters spill blood and spread fear in Tijuana, Mexico
Over the last year, more than 6,000 people have been murdered in Mexico's drug wars, more than 700 of them in Tijuana alone. "El Teo" is a major player in Tijuana's drug war, a larger-than-life figure who has escaped the law and left gruesome corpses in his wake.
Blogwatch
December 17, 2008
Mexico’s drug gangs top crime threat to U.S.
Mexican drug trafficking organizations represent the "greatest organized crime threat" to the United States, according to a recent government report.
Video / Blogwatch
December 3, 2008
Tijuana police chief fired after bloody weekend
Rodolfo de la Garza of Columbia University discusses developments in Tijuana's drug war after 37 people were killed in the city over the past weekend.
Perspectives
October 14, 2008
Nearly 80 killed in Tijuana drug wars
A Worldfocus contributing blogger in Tijuana writes about escalating drug violence in the city and the fear of the local population.
