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Baja & Border News Translations: Paving Work Benefits Mexicalenses; Criminal Bands Migrate
Paving Work Benefits Mexicalenses (La Voz de la Frontera, 1/15/13 by Sac-Nicte Santos Malagón) Mexicali, BC - More than 2,000 Mexicalenses will benefit from paving work completed by the Municipal Government on several streets in colonies Ampliación Solidaridad and Robledo. …
Baja & Border News Translations: 12-Inch Water Pipeline Ruptures; Vehicles Owners can Sue City for Pothole Damages
12-Inch Water Pipeline Ruptures (El Vigia, 1/16/13 by Nicte Madrigal) Ensenada, BC - Despite the lack of water in the city and constant calls for a response to save the vital fluid, yesterday morning, ruptured a 12-inch pipe generated the …
Baja & Border News Translations: CIOAC Denounces Abuses of Indigenous People; Ecological Workshop Offered
CIOAC Denounces Abuses of Indigenous People (El Vigia, 1/16/13 by Andrew Perales) San Quintín, BC - The representative of Agricultural Laborers, Guild Members in the Counselor of the independent Central of Agricultural Workers and Peasants (Cioac), denounced alleged abuses committed …
Baja & Border News Translations: 2012 Top Ten Stolen Vehicles Announced
2012 Top Ten Stolen Vehicles Announced (La Cronica, 1/15/13) MEXICO, DF - Of the 10 most vehicle models stolen during 2012, five are of the Nissan brand, among them Tsuru and Pick-ups that top the list. 22.6% of the total …
Baja & Border News Translations: Zárate Provides Stance Towards Vehicle Verification; Normal Basic Education Classes Tomorrow
Zárate Provides Stance Towards Vehicle Verification (La Cronica, 1/15/13 by Gerardo Fragoso) MEXICALI, BC - Noting that cars are not the only ones guilty of pollution, Deputy Fausto Zárate Zepeda, Member of the PRI, expressed the posture of the nation …
Baja & Border News Translations: Mandatory Vehicle Verification Imminent; No Fines for Failed Verification
Mandatory Vehicle Verification Imminent (La Cronica, 1/15/13 by Yerson Martinez) MEXICALI, BC - "In one more step of the process to help the environment and the health of citizens in the State especially Mexicali, the approval of mandatory vehicle verification …
Baja & Border News Translations: Canada Interested in Investing in BC
Canada Interested in Investing in BC (El Sol de Tijuana, 1/15/13) Tijuana, BC - Baja California and Canada strengthened their bonds of cooperation, following a meeting between the Governor of the State, Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan and the Ambassador of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Crisis at SEMEFO-ENSENADA; Triplets are Born
Crisis at SEMEFO-ENSENADA (MEXICANO, 1/15/13 by Pedro Sanchez Talamas) ENSENADA, BC - "Criminal and inhuman" was the description made a few moments ago by all of the staff of the Forensic Doctor Service (SEMEFO) in this town. The fact that …
Baja & Border News Translations: State Recognizes 900,000 BC Families Live in Poverty; Ministerial Police Equipped to Reduce Home Thefts
State Recognizes 900,000 BC Families Live in Poverty (MEXICANO, 1/14/13 by Lucía Gomez Sanchez) TIJUANA, BC – 900,000 citizens live in poverty in Baja California, 100,000 of them in extreme poverty and around 1,000 families are in food poverty, a …
Baja & Border News Translations: 574 Children Served by Catastrophic Expense Program
574 Children Served by Catastrophic Expense Program (Uniradio Informa, 1/14/13) TIJUANA, BC - 574 children were treated through the catastrophic expenditure program of the B.C. Ministry of Health during 2012, making an investment of 29,400,000 pesos ($2.3 million US), which …
Baja & Border News Translations: 80% of City Complaints are Against Police; Municipal Police Capture 3 Murderers
80% of City Complaints are Against Police (Uniradio Informa, 1/14/13) Tijuana, BC - Yolanda Enríquez of La Sindica Procuradora Municipal, said of the complaints they received in 2012 around 500 of them or 80% were cases against police officers and …
Baja & Border News Translations: Improved Tourist Influx in Tijuana; Man Shot in Broad Daylight
Improved Tourist Influx in Tijuana (Uniradio Informa, 1/14/13) TIJUANA, BC - The climate of security in Tijuana has resulted in a greater influx of tourists as traders expect sales to rebound looking toward the spring and summer seasons, informed the …
Baja & Border News Translations: Bulevar Cuauhtemoc Sur Closed by Landslide
Bulevar Cuauhtemoc Sur Closed by Landslide (Tijuana Press, 1/14/13 by XX Ayto communiqué) Tijuana, BC - In order to protect and safeguard the physical integrity of citizens, the 20 Ayuntamiento de Tijuana will perform work to remove earth and stone …
Baja & Border News Translations: Students Will Train Peers; Tecate Schools have No Absentees
Students Will Train Peers (Tijuana Press, 1/14/13 by Daniel Angel/Leonardo Ortiz) Tijuana, BC - High school students will be responsible for providing talks to their peers about dating violence and pregnancy in teens for free hours of social service. This …
Baja & Border News Translations: PGJE Presumes Revenge was Motive in Homicide
PGJE Presumes Revenge was Motive in Homicide (Tijuana Press, 1/14/13 by Nora Leticia Garcia) Tijuana, BC - Zulema Camacho Cantera, 42, originates from Tijuana as well as her former boyfriend who is a fugitive. They are suspects in the murder …
Baja & Border News Translations: Cuban People Free to Travel - First Time in 50 Years
Cuban People Free to Travel: First Time in 50 Years (El Sol de Tijuana, 1/14/13 by AFP) Havana, Cuba - Cubans can, for the first time in 50 years, travel abroad without asking the Government beginning Monday, and now face …
Baja & Border News Translations: 6 Intoxicated by Carbon Monoxide
6 Intoxicated by Carbon Monoxide (El Mexicano, 1/13/13) Nogales, Sonora - Six people were intoxicated during the two coldest days of the year so far by inhaling carbon monoxide from stoves and butane gas of heaters. One of the cases …
Baja & Border News Translations: Gas Station Robbed with AK47s; Newborn Found in Doorway of Home
Gas Station Robbed with AK47s (Peninsular Digital, 1/13/13) La Paz, BC Sur - Three young people including a minor committed an assault carrying pistols in the early Sunday morning hours at a gas station located at calles Pino Payas and …
Baja & Border News Translations: Not Given Money, He Smashed Mother’s Car; Worker Dies at Well
Not Given Money, He Smashed Mother’s Car (Penisular Digital, 1/12/13) La Paz, BC Sur - On receipt of his mother’s negative response to a request for money to spend on the weekend, Juan Antonio Fuentes Velázquez flew into a rage …
Baja & Border News Translations: Rosa Anaya Meets Families at Cereso Mexicali; Pediatric Consultations for Respiratory Disease Increase 30%
Rosa Anaya Meets Families at Cereso Mexicali (Uniradio Informa, 1/12/13) Mexicali, BC - Giving attention to relatives to ensure income and review protocols are suitable for quick entry of their visits to the Center of Social Reintegration (Cereso) of Mexicali …