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Baja & Border News Translations: Homicidal "Neo-Nazi" Found Hiding in Rosarito; Son of "Tucan" Participated in Kidnapping
Homicidal "Neo-Nazi" Found Hiding in Rosarito (El Mexicano, 10/24/12 by Said Betanzos) TIJUANA, BC -Agents of the State preventive police (PEP) captured an American, identified as a member of a "Neo-Nazi" group, who kidnapped and dismembered his girlfriend in the …
Baja & Border News Translations: Family and Neighbors Investigated in Human Sex Trafficking Case; Vehicle Flips, Family Dispute, Dog Shot
Family and Neighbors Investigated in Human Sex Trafficking Case (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/23/12 by Manuel Cordero) Tijuana, BC – An investigation was initiated of parents, a brother and neighbors involved in the presumptive case in the offenses of rape, …
Baja & Border News Translations: Police Torture Victims File Complaint; Caravan of Mothers Seek Missing Migrants
Police Torture Victims File Complaint (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/23/12) Ciudad Mexico – Victims from Arteaga, Cherán and Tiripetio accompanied by Union of Democratic Lawyers (UAD), fearfully filed criminal complaints with the Attorney General's Office, against elements of Federal and …
Baja & Border News Translations: Volunteer Women Visit Nursing Home; 500 Job Opportunities Offered at Job Fair
Volunteer Women Visit Nursing Home (Tijuana Informativo, 10/22/12) Tijuana, BC - Ten volunteer members of the Tijuana Cross Red Coordinación de Damas provided care and company to people of old age, along with a group of SNTE teacher pensioners and …
Baja & Border News Translations: Fast-Food Sales Increase 20%; Crime Statistics Released
Fast-Food Sales Increase 20% (Frontera, 10/22/12 by Celia García) TIJUANA, BC - Although fast-food shops reported a 20% increase in sales this weekend, bookstores and footwear shops said their sales were normal as for any other weekend. Some merchants located …
Baja & Border News Translations: Steve Wozniak Speaks at Tijuana Innovadora; Property Taxes are Due
Steve Wozniak Speaks at Tijuana Innovadora (Tijuana Press, 10/22/12 by Vicente Calderón) Tijuana, BC - For 35 years Steve Wozniak, the brain who created the first personal computer in the world, has sought how to create a new type of …
Baja & Border News Translations: 20 iPods Delivered to Elementary School; Zero Tolerance for Violators of Disabled Spaces
20 iPods Delivered to Elementary School (Frontera, 10/22/12 by Laura Durán) TIJUANA, BC – On Monday, the Soroptimista Primary School became the first institution to begin the National Intelligent Community Program promoted by Infonavit, which with iPods seeks to increase …
Baja & Border News Translations: Two Rapes Committed; Police Recover 12 Stolen Vehicles
Two Rapes Committed (Uniradio Informa, 10/20/12) Tijuana, BC – On complaints from citizens, Municipal police captured an individual with an occupation as a bricklayer, accused of raping a minor and also helped a woman who claimed to have been raped …
Baja & Border News Translations: Speed Limit Information Campaign Proposed; Sudden Temperature Changes are Recorded
Speed Limit Information Campaign Proposed (Uniradio Informa, 10/21/12) TIJUANA, BC - In respect to the reactivation of transit surveillance cameras in Tijuana, Alderman Enrique Parra explained that you have to see the positive side, since this will help prevent many …
Baja & Border News Translations: 6,000 Tires Collected During Clean-Up Event; Tijuana Trustee to Determine Possible Sanctions
6,000 Tires Collected During Clean-Up Event (Uniradio Informa, 10/21/12) TIJUANA, BC – Today, in delegación de la Presa and principally the Florido Mariano sub-delegation there was an event to collect trash, which mainly included the removal of 6,000 tires called …
Baja & Border News Translations: 18 Arrested in Failed Attempt to Reach U.S. by Boat; Hypertrophy has Silent Symptoms
18 Arrested in Failed Attempt to Reach U.S. by Boat (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/18/12) Playas de Rosarito, BC - Municipal police agents arrested a subject when he intended to travel in a boat to United States with 17 people …
Baja & Border News Translations: Police Drug Tests are Ongoing; Weekend Reading is Promoted
Police Drug Tests are Ongoing (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/21/12 by Daniel Angel) Tijuana, BC – The city is waiting to know the second positive results from the drug testing of 12 city employees since their first test. Yolanda Enríquez, …
Baja & Border News Translations: Juvenile Threatens Parents and Siblings; Community Patrols for Total of 44 Colonies
Juvenile Threatens Parents and Siblings (La Voz de la Frontera, 10/19/12 by Juan Galvan) Mexicali, BC - For his protection and of his family a careless youth was arrested who threatened to deprive the life to his parents and siblings …
Baja & Border News Translations: Better Child Nutrition Care Urged; Tourism Promotion Will Intensify for San Felipe
Better Child Nutrition Care Urged (La Voz de la Frontera, 10/21/12 by Alejandro Garcia Magall) Mexicali, BC - With the aim of avoiding malnutrition, poor infant feeding and its impact on health, Óscar Armenta Llanes, nutrition specialist of the Institute …
Baja & Border News Translations: Toddler Killed Under Tractor; Internet Café and a Gas Station Robbed
Toddler Killed Under Tractor (La Cronica, 10/19/12 by Carmina Ortiz lcortiz) MEXICALI, BC - A minor went under the wheels of the tractor due to the carelessness of parents, so the driver of the vehicle did not notice and was …
Baja & Border News Translations: Woman Injured Attempting to Illegally Enter U.S.; Elderly Sex Abuser Arrested
Woman Injured Attempting to Illegally Enter U.S. (La Cronica, 10/19/12 by Alberto de la Hoya and Carmina Ortiz) MEXICALI, BC - A woman who crossed illegally into United States, shortly before midnight yesterday, was fractured her right foot. When trying …
Baja & Border News Translations: Child Dies Due to Ricketts; Poets Meet at Binational Event
Child Dies Due to Ricketts (La Cronica, 10/20/12) MEXICALI, BC - After 10 days of intensive treatment against Ricketts a child of 3 years died at the General Hospital. The Chief of Pediatrics Service at the hospital, Francisco Javier Manzo …
Baja & Border News Translations: Tick Problems Continue; American Pitcher Suffers Injury
Tick Problems Continue (La Cronica, 10/20/12 by Luz Carmina Ortiz) MEXICALI, BC – The problem of ticks in Los Santorales is not over. Ticks and fleas in the area of Los Santorales are on the rise and the Ministry of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Mexico Navy Rescues 2 Adrift at Sea; Officer’s Gun Fired, Partner Conceals the Incident
Mexico Navy Rescues 2 Adrift at Sea (AFN, 10/20/12) TIJUANA, BC - The Navy of Mexico reported the rescue of two people adrift in a boat near the Coronado Islands, south of Tijuana. The crew members were transferred to land …
Baja & Border News Translations: Remembrance of Women who Lost Fight to Breast Cancer; Announcement of Priority Electrification and Paving Work
Remembrance of Women who Lost Fight to Breast Cancer (El Vigia, 10/20/12 by Nicte Madrigal) Ensenada, BC - During 2011, 126 women died from breast cancer in Baja California, according to data from the Ministry of Health. To reduce rates, …