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Border News Translations 25: Excess Nini's; Weapons Siezed; School Holidays Begin
El Linea Tijuna TIJUANA - 70 Social programs aimed at assisting young baja californianos will be implemented by the State Government, reported Miguel Angel Torres Cabral, State director of youth. The State official reported, in an interview, doing so would …
Border News Translations 24: 4 Killed; $900,000 Heroin Siezed; Amber Alert Cancelled
El Linea Tijuana TIJUANA-Four people were executed and one was injured this morning in a Sánchez Taboada home. One person survived the armed attack, reported municipal police. The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, when several individuals broke into …
Border News Translations 23: Southbound Grenades Intercepted at Border
San Diego Red, a Baja and border local publication, reported that on April 12, 2011 according to official sources Mexican police officers supported by soldiers captured two men with two bags thrown from United States territory which were full of …
Border News Translations 22: Holiday Safety Campaign
San Diego Red recently reported that the Secretary of public security in B.C intends to distribute over 150,000 leaflets with information on preventive measures for thousands of students and employees to consider during the Easter season holidays. The campaign aims …
Border News Translations 21: In Three Area Crashes One is Dead, 18 are Injured
On April 17, 2011, El Mexicano, a baja and border daily reported on three Tijuana area accidents. In the first, a young man died Saturday morning after crashing his car at a trolley ramp in Azteca, near the Mount of …
Border News Translations 20: Baja Poverty Rate Lowest in Mexico
In a report published by El Mexicano on April 17, 2011, Tijuana Share Food Bank director David Espinosa Hernández Banati, said Baja California is well below the national Mexican population poverty average of 20 percent; still though, some 40,000 baja …
Border News Translations 19: Two Area Assaults, One 15 Year Old Dead
El Mexicano, a baja and border area local, published an article on April 17, 2011, reporting a 15 year old identified as Cristian Aaron Torres Alatorre, was killed after being both shot and stabbed. The incident occurred at 2 a.m. …
Border News Translations 18: $2000 Bribe Refused
In a April 17, 2011 in a report published by El Sol de Tijuana, two individuals with 17 kilos of marijuana in their possession intended to escape by offering a $2,000 bribe to State Preventive Police Agents (PEP). They rejected …
Border News Translations 17: Arrested with over pirated 1,500 CDs and DVDs
According to a report in El Sol de Tijuana on April 17, 2011, 18 year old, Genaro Galindo was arrested in possession of 1,521 pirated discs. He appeared suspicious as he crossed the avenida Díaz Ordaz, headed for the 21st …
Border News Translations 16: Extortion Attempt
According to San Diego Red, a Baja and border local, seven Tijuana municipal police officers were arrested on charges of attempted extortion by blackmail as reported by the State Prosecutor's Office on April 12. They entered the businessman’s factory and …
Border News Translations 15: Police Free Undocumenteds
According to a report in El Linea Tijuana, on April 14, 2011, Municipal police officers freed two undocumented individuals with their hands tied behind them with plastic ties. Officers of the San Antonio de Los Buenos district responded at 3:30 …
Border News Translations 14: Baja Encourages Strengthened European Ties
The ambassadors of Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Belgium, Slovak Republic, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Portugal and Netherlands recently participated in a visit to Baja California. El Linea Tijuana, a news daily, reported that in meetings …
BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 13: 1st Gay Cave Man Found
April 10, 2011, in a report by Frontera, a Baja and border area daily. Prague scientists in the Czech Republic discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of what could be the first gay cave man. The male skeletal remains date from 2500 …
BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 12: Gorditos
Elvigia, a Baja and border area news publication, reported on April 11, 2011, that 7 out of 10 Mexicans are now considered obese. According to World Health Organization statistics, it’s estimated by 2020 only one in 10 won’t be overweight. …
BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 11: Prenatal Care
The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics indicates U.S. preterm births (defined as babies born at least three weeks early) declined to 12.3 percent in 2008, from 12.7 percent in 2007 and from 12.8 percent in 2006. In a report …
Border News Translations 10: Massive Tortillerías Closures
Tijuana, 2/24/2011 Speculation on the price of corn flour and a possible increase of 100% on the price per ton for the commodity, could lead to potentially unbearable increases in the price of tortillas, closures of tortillerías in Baja, and …
Border News Translations 9: American, Kevin Arnold Neffe Jenssen
On Friday morning, 2/26/2011, the El Sol de Tijuana daily paper reported that an American, Kevin Arnold Neffe Jenssen, a 45-year-old director of the Lily of the Valley Orphanage (la Casa Hogar Lirio de los Valles) was arrested for alleged …
Border News Translations 8: The Revolving Door
Sol de Tijuana reported, on March 1, 2011, Federal Deputy Francisco Vega de Lamadrid stated if the Mexican Government does not provide additional funding and proactive resources to a program for social reintegration, about 19,000 ex-convicts repatriated from the U.S. …
Patriot Flag Visit to Kearny Mesa
On March 1, 2011 The Patriot Flag made a brief San Diego stopover this morning on its way from Hawaii to an appearance Montana. According to Mitch Mendler, Patriot Flag President, the flag is scheduled to fly in all 50 …
BORDER NEWS TRANSLATIONS 7: Child Trafficking
A daily Baja paper, Sol de Tijuana reported on March 1, 2011 that some 5,000 children might be suffering sexual abuse or slave labor in Baja. Also, a consideration is that all of the victims are not only Mexican nationality, …