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Baja & Border News Translations: 50,000 Unemployed Youth in TJ; Addicts Obtain Drug Freedom
50,000 Tijuana Youth Unemployed (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/14/12, by Korina Sanchez S.) TIJUANA, BC - It is unfair, calling them "ninis", says Juan Carlos Chairez Díaz. Around 50 thousand young people 12 - 29 years of age are not …
Baja & Border News Translations: Don't Drink & Drive; 400 New Businesses Open
Don’t Drink and Drive (Frontera, 9/14/12) TIJUANA, BC - On the eve of the celebration of the holidays, this weekend, the Municipal Public Safety Secretariat (SSPM) reported checkpoints are in place throughout the city with breathalyzer units. He called on …
Baja & Border News Translations: Basic Education Conference Held; U.S. Fugitive Captured
Mexicali Holds Conference on Basic Education (La Voz de la Frontera, 9/13/12 by Laura Elena Aguayo) MEXICALI BC - In order to create a place for analysis, discussion and exchange of experiences between supervisors and inspectors of basic education in …
Baja & Border News Translations: 800 Students Evacuated; SD-Ensnada Regata
800 Students Evacuated (EL VIGIA, 9/13/12 by Luis Miguel Ramirez) Ensenada, BC - Someone accidentally broke a bottle containing a chemical substance in a school laboratory and it produced a toxic gas. The bottles had been stored at the school …
Baja & Border News Translations: 4 Students Saved from Heatstroke; 6000 New Jobs in Tijuana
4 Youths Saved from Heat Stroke by Tijuana Fire Crew (Uniradio Informa, 9/13/12) Four Unifront secondary school students fainted during a celebration of the 165th Anniversary of the Chapultepec Castle Defense by Child Heroes and were attended to by firefighters …
Baja & Border News Translations: 248 Police Join BC Forces; Rosarito Half-Marathon Postponed
248 Cadets Join BC Police Forces at Conclusion of Training (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/13/12 by Daniel Angel) Tijuana, BC - 248 cadets joined State police forces Wednesday following the completion of their training at the Center for Police Training …
Baja & Border News Translations: Chinese Citizens Detained; Tijuana at Seismic Risk
CHINESE CITIZENS HAD DOCUMENTS SAID PGR: It is very likely they will be released. (Tijuana Press, 9/12/12, by Leonardo Ortiz) TIJUANA, BC - Chinese citizens who were arrested in Playas de Rosarito were though by city police to be possibly …
Baja & Border News Translations: Price of Eggs Decreases; Woman and Child Murdered
Price of Eggs Decreases, but Supply Remains Unregulated: Price Rose 30% during August at Costo; Average Package is Now 50 Pesos ($3.84 US) but in August Sold for up to 60 pesos ($4.61 US); in July the Cost was 46.50 …
Baja & Border News Translations: Seeking Fastest Youth; Los Lincoln Gang Captured
Seeking Fastest Youth in the Country (Frontera, 9/11/12, by Angel F. González) TIJUANA, BC - A sports competition "in search of the fastest youth in Mexico" coordinated by the National Sports Commission (Conade) and the various States and municipalities of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Magaly is Alive; U.S. Fugitive Captured
Magaly is Alive: PFJE (Tijuana Press, 911/12, by Vicente Calderón/Leonardo Ortiz) Tijuana, BC - Magaly Salazar Bravo, the young woman who was reported missing by her family on September 1, was found alive, said Baja California Justice Prosecutor Rommel Moreno. …
Baja & Border News Translations: Risk of Jobs Loss with VAT Increase; Dollar Falls
Risk of Jobs Loss with VAT Increase (LaCronica, 9/11/12, by Yerson Martinez) MEXICALI, BC - From 25 to 30% of those employed at the border run the risk of being unemployed if the rumor of an approved increase of the …
Baja & Border News Translations: Truckers Face CA Laws; Baja Culinary & Gastro Festival 2012
4,000 Truckers Face California Laws (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/11/12 by Rocio Galvan) Tijuana BC – 4,000 truckers passing through the Tijuana-San Diego region will face new California State road regulations and new laws in Mexico that limit the weight …
Baja & Border News Translations - Gas Prices Up; Mammographies Recommended
Gas Prices Increase 43% (AFN Tijuana, 9/10/12) TIJUANA BC – During the last six-year period, the price of petrol and diesel increased between 9.45% and 10% annually, for a total of 43% since 2006, said President of the Association of …
Baja & Border News Translations - Kidnapping Rescue; Flash Flooding
Woman Kidnapped in Tijuana is Rescued (ElVigia, 9/10/12) Tijuana, BC - Directorate General Police and Municipal Transit agents rescued a woman, the victim of unlawful deprivation of liberty and battery by an apparently drugged individual, yesterday afternoon. At 6 PM, …
Baja & Border News Translations, Sept 10, 2012 - MEXICALI
Three Homes Burned in Nueva Esperanza (La Cronica, 09/10/12 by Gerardo Fragoso) MEXICALI, BC - At around 12:00 noon, neighbors reported the house at 1045 Monterrey Street was being devoured by flames, so fire crews were dispatched to the site. …
Baja & Border News Translations, Sept 8 -9, 2012 - TIJUANA
TOURISM GREW 3 % IN TIJUANA (Tijuana Press) September 8, 2012 Tijuana - The Tijuana Committee on Tourism and Conventions ensured there was an upturn in the number of visitors and tourists that came to the border. Scrow Vicente Calderón …
Baja & Border News Translations - 9/9/12, Tijuana
The Rehabilitation of 17 streets will benefit more than 700 families (El Sol de Tijuana) September 9, 2012 Tijuana – Yesterday Baja California State Governor Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, indicated the government’s commitment to rehabilitate 17 streets (34 blocks) with …
Border News: Canada Calling; Trio Arrested; Gas Explosion
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, 6/19/11) - About 120 people showed interest in legally residing in Canada, either for employment or educational purposes. Representatives of Canada visited the region to discuss the exchange process for Mexican citizens. Agustín Cárdenas López noted that …
Border News: Drugs Seized; Happy Workers; BC Population Stats
TIJUANA BC (El Sol de Tijuana, Manuel Cordero, 6/18/11) - A minor was carrying a kilo of cocaine hidden as her bulging stomach pretending pregnancy and revealed her boyfriend just bought it for 20,000 pesos ($1681). Another subject tossed his …
Border Health: Live Animals; Toxic Batteries; #1 and #2 Most Obese
HILDAGO (El Sol de Hidalgo, 6/16/11) - Animals sold in flea markets, on the street or directly in public places may represent a serious health problem, said Dr. Ana Maria Tavares, Assistant State Secretary of Health. She stressed birds, dogs, …