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Public safety workers at the scene of Tijuana weekend violence.
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Tijuana's mayor shakes up police department
TIJUANA, 8:21 p.m. Dec. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Following weeks of unprecedented violence in Tijuana, Mayor Jorge Ramos Monday made some major changes in his troubled police department, removing its top official, Alberto Capella Ibarra.
Ramos' choice for public safety secretary is Julian Leyzaola, a military lieutenant colonel who had been serving as Capella's top deputy. Stepping into Leyzaola's position is a retired captain in the Mexican military, Gustavo Huerta Martinez; he had been serving as Rosarito Beach police chief.
 NOVEMBER 17 (ENLACE)
Listos los partidos de la liguilla: MEXICO _ El campeón Santos aseguró el domingo el último espacio en la Liguilla del Torneo Apertura al empatar 0-0 con Atlante, mientras que Chivas quedó fuera tras la victoria de Toluca 1-0 ante San Luis, y Tigres venció 2-1 a Morelia para avanzar también al concluir la última jornada.
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Dec. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ex-cop on Baja wanted list in custody, military says:TIJUANA –
A former municipal police officer and kidnapping suspect who was on Baja California's most-wanted list has been taken into custody, the Mexican military announced yesterday.
11:42 a.m. Dec. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Fugitive Tijuana cop arrested on kidnapping charges: Jose Manuel Garcia Galvan, a former municipal police officer in Tijuana who was on Baja California's most wanted list, was arrested Monday in Tijuana, military officials said Tuesday morning.
TIJUANA, Dec. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
As police fall under shadow, mayor shakes up department:
Following weeks of unprecedented violence in Tijuana, Mayor Jorge Ramos yesterday made some major changes in his troubled police department, removing its top official, Alberto Capella Ibarra.
Dec. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Carnage persists; weekend toll is 34: The decapitated bodies of three police officers were found alongside six other beheaded corpses yesterday in a weekend of violence in which 34 people were slain in different sections of Tijuana.
TIJUANA, 9:19 p.m. Nov. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
More than 30 killed this weekend in Tijuana: The decapitated bodies of three police officers were found alongside six other beheaded corpses Sunday during a weekend of violence in which 34 people were killed in different sections of Tijuana.
TIJUANA, Nov. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Six killed, five wounded in shootings across city: Gunmen carried out four separate attacks on busy Tijuana streets yesterday, killing six people, including a teenager, and wounding five others, the Baja California Attorney General's Office said.
Nov. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The Week in Mexico :Police say at least 12 masked gunmen opened fire inside a restaurant in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing eight.
Nov. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Baja mayors speak of progress in crime-plagued cities: As his city reels from drug-related violence, Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos is highlighting his administration's measures to improve police performance: firing corrupt officers, investing in new equipment and launching an affordable housing program.
SAN YSIDRO, Nov. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Border Patrol hopefuls are already serving: Michael Ibarra, an 18-year-old student at Southwestern College, is among a dozen members of a new Border Patrol Explorer troop in Imperial Beach who jumped into community service this month. He and others from Post 1924 served early Thanksgiving meals last week to more than 1,000 people at a community agency in San Ysidro.
TIJUANA, Nov. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Hundreds gather to pray for peace: About 2,500 members of the Christian and Jewish faiths came together yesterday afternoon to pray for peace in Tijuana, a city reeling from hundreds of slayings and kidnappings as drug gangs battle for dominance.
Nov. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Baja drivers alter course, head north for gas now: Falling gas prices in the United States have turned the tables at San Diego's border with Tijuana. Last summer, Americans crossed into Mexico to buy gas at nearly half-price. Now, with the cost of a fill-up north of the border dropping, it's tijuanenses who are coming north to fill up their tanks.
7:26 a.m. Nov. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Border officials to talk at chamber breakfast: SAN YSIDRO: Mike Fisher, chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego sector, and Gurdit Dhillon, director of field operations for the six ports of entry on the California-Mexico border, will be the featured guest speakers at today's San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
OTAY MESA, Nov. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
New border crossing gets OK from Bush: The plan to a build a new border crossing east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry now has a stamp of approval from President Bush.
Nov. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Three bodies discovered on Tijuana baseball field: TIJUANA: Three bodies, two of them decapitated, were found yesterday morning dumped on baseball fields in Tijuana.
TIJUANA, Nov. 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Gunmen kill patient at private hospital: Gunmen shot and killed a patient receiving treatment at a private hospital early yesterday, the Baja California Attorney General's Office reported, just hours after a nightclub attack left five dead.
7:28 a.m. Nov. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Groups honor companies with cross-border ties: SAN DIEGO: Four companies and a foundation with cross-border ties were honored yesterday by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce's Mexico Business Center and Tijuana's Economic Development Corp.
Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
500 cops relieved in bid to fight corruption: TIJUANA – About 500 municipal police officers responsible for patrolling the most crime-ridden areas of Tijuana were temporarily relieved of duty yesterday and replaced by federal agents, state police and military forces.
TIJUANA, 8:56 p.m. Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Many TJ police temporarily replaced by state, federal officers: About 500 municipal police officers responsible for patrolling the most crime-ridden areas of Tijuana were temporarily relieved of duty Tuesday and replaced by federal agents, state police and military forces.
SAN DIEGO, 12:39 p.m. Nov. 18 (AP)Border Patrol says fence slows attacks on agents: The Border Patrol has installed razor-sharp, curled wire atop a fence on the Mexican border, saying it has contributed to a sharp drop in attacks on its agents by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks.
Nov. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Kidnapped physician is released unharmed:A day after thousands marched in the streets of Tijuana to protest continued violence, kidnappers freed a doctor early yesterday, more than a week after he was abducted from the center of the city.
TIJUANA, Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Thousands turn out to protest violence: More than 2,500 people marched yesterday afternoon through this city bludgeoned by violence, doing the only thing organizers said was left for them to do: pray.
TIJUANA, Mexico, 12:25 p.m. Nov. 15 (AP)
Gunmen attack police convoy in Tijuana: Gunmen attacked a state police convoy on a main boulevard in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, seriously wounding three policemen, state prosecutors reported Saturday.
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
3 Tijuana officers trying to enter U.S. taken into custody: Three Tijuana police officers suspected of ties to organized crime were detained this week by U.S. authorities as they tried to cross into the United States.
Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Plans to upgrade wastewater plant called a 'victory': SAN YSIDRO – Nearly $90 million in upgrades to the troubled wastewater plant in San Ysdiro are on the way thanks to a construction contract announced yesterday by a federal wastewater agency.
TIJUANA, 8:19 p.m. Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Two top TJ police being questioned for suspected crime links: Two top members of Tijuana's municipal police department are among the 20 officers being questioned by Mexican federal investigators for suspected ties to organized crime, the city's Public Safety Secretariat announced Thursday.
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