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Border News Translations: Abandoned Gramps; Divorce Rates; Tacos & Beer; Preschool Math; 5000 Trees
TIJUANA BC (El Sol de Tijuana, Laura Sánchez Law, 5/31/11) - About 50,000 "grandparents" are in complete abandonment in Tijuana, settled mostly in the eastern area of the city. Life conditions are sub-human because they are pushed aside by authorities …
Border News Translations: Teacher Missing; La Paz Improves
MEXICALI BC (En Linea Tijuana, 5/26/11) - A month of being kidnapped is enough. A young teacher of the State education system worked throughout the southern area of the city of Mexicali. Her parents now call for the strengthening of …
Border News Translations: 2 y.o. Shot; No Tobacco Day
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, Luis Gerardo Andrade, 5/30/11) – Police are still investigating the case where a 2-year-old boy lost his life when his brother, 7, fired a gun in their house. The tragic event occurred this morning in the home …
Border News Translations: Holiday Weekend; Amber Alerts
TIJUANA BC (Enlinea Tijuana, 5/29/11) - Hotel occupancy of around 90 % is expected in major tourist sites in Baja California on Memorial Day weekend, comparative with last year, reported the State's tourism Secretary, Juan Rosas Funcke. He explained that …
Border News Translations: Armored Car; Prison Prereleases
TIJUANA BC (Enlinea Tijuana, 5/29/11) - Municipal police officers arrested a supposed entrepreneur and his bodyguards in possession of firearms traveling in a speeding armored vehicle. The incident occurred on bulevar Lázaro Cárdenas in La Mesa. When preventive agents observed …
BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS: Meth Kids; Alcohol Permits
PLAYA ROSARITA BC (El Sol de Tijuana, Yolanda Caballero Jacobo, 5/28/11) - Nearly 4,000 children in the city are addicted to methamphetamines. Rosarito lacks Municipal direction against addiction and an effective program to shield children from drugs. That is why …
Border News Translations: Water Rights; Taxi Safety
ENSENADA BC (El Vigia, 5/28/11) - The dispute over the Ensenada-Rosarito territorial boundary does not affect the distribution of water for both municipalities, said Efraín Muñoz Martín, head of the State Water Commission (CEA). The well’s mission is to give …
Border News Translations: Exercise Challenge; Protest March; Prisoners Escape
JUAREZ CHIH (Frontnet, Juan Carlos Carreón, 5/28/11) - More than 500,000 Juárenses gathered to exercise in the City of Juárez, said the town sports director. The data will be compared in a challenge of physical activity against Caracas, which had …
Border News Translations: Pet Food Hijacked; 1 Accident; Police get Training
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, 5/28/11) - A kidnapped truck driver was released the Friday night in the northern zone and seven people were arrested. According to police information, yesterday at 7 p.m. received a report of a person outside a bar …
Border News Translations: Hungry Shoplifter; Phone Thief
LA PAZ BC (El Sud Californiano, 5/26/11) - Municipal Preventive Police, arrested Verónica Hernández Martínez, 42, on 5/24/11. She allegedly stole a jar of mayonnaise, a package of Fajita meat and bread from the Ley Express Store, located at calles …
Border News Translations: Church Posse; City Gas Thieves
MEXICALI BC (La Voz, Juan Galvan, 5/25/11) - The Municipal Public Safety (DSPM), the Bishop of the Apostolic Church and aldermen of the XX Municipality of Mexicali agreed to establish preventive management strategies in the 42 congregations and churches in …
Border News Translations: Wait Times; 1 Shot; Prisoners Wed
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, Ana Gómez Salcido, 5/27/11) - This morning there was a long wait at the Tijuana border crossing north into the United States at the San Ysidro gateway, according to the Internet site of the Bureau of Customs …
Border News Translations: Human Trafficking
TINJUANA BC (El Sol de Tijuana, Krystel Gómez Seville, 5/26/11) - Just one case at the national level has been punished for trafficking in human beings. Poor dissemination and prevention of a social problem is the reason why the "Are …
Border News Translations: SD Crime; Revenge; Wife Dies
SAN DIEGO CA (Frontera, Ana L. Gomez, 5/26/11) - This past weekend officers of the San Diego Police Department - South of the Border Crime Division and the Gang Unit arrested 31 people under Operation Stonegarden, which focuses on reducing …
Border News Translations: Shootout; Merchant Woes
MONTERREY NL (Dario, 5/25/11) - Five alleged gunmen were killed by the army after a chase and exchange of fire in the municipality of Guadalupe, Nuevo León, military sources said. The event occurred around 5:20 p.m. when a military patrol …
BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS: Wrong Prisoners Out; Migration Act; Data Hacked
SAN DIEGO CA (Frontera, 5/25/11) - It was disclosed here today, California released by mistake and left without supervision, some 450 prisoners considered highly dangerous, according to research by the Office of the Inspector General (IGO). The Inspector General, a …
Border News Translations: 2 Shot; Fire Hydrants; Hot Metals
TIJUANA BC (El Mexicano, Said Betanzos, 5/25/11) - Two Masons were found this morning, shot dead in the interior of a building under construction in colonia México Lindo. The property is located on calle Durango. The bodies were of two …
Border News Translations: 2 Shot; Whooping Cough
TIJUANA BC (Tijuana Press, Daniel Angel, 5/25/11) Two women were shot with a firearm this morning while they were in a van in fraccionamiento Lomas Virreyes, at the start of the Tecate free road. According to witnesses, the two women …
Border News Translations: Human Trafficing; Baja Aerospace
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, Laura Durán, 5/24/11) - The crime of trafficking in persons is so serious that it is at the level of drug trafficking and even stands to overcome it, said José Manuel López Bello, responsible for the recovery …
Border News Translations: Missing Children; Counterfeit Pesos
TIJUANA BC (En Linea Tijuana, Henry Mondragon, 5/24/11) - In Mexico, since the beginning of the year there have been 150 missing children cases, 75 of them have already been recovered, said Maria Elena Solis Gutierrez, President of Asociación Mexicana …