The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent. But Tijuanas murder rate is now soaring once again with the slaughter so routine that one local newspaper features a muertmetro (deathometer) to help readers keep track. What has changed is the style of the killings - there are far fewer of the violent spectacles designed to spread fear. TIJUANA, Mexico Moses Zazueta Ramirez was at home last Friday when he started getting messages from his mom and seeing the chaos unfold on social media. Carlos de la Mora intends for the prestigious international biennial celebration to have lasting impacts on both sides of the border. But by lunchtime Rojas was dead shot in the head at close range by an unknown assassin whose attack pushed the number of homicides here to almost 1,800 so far this year, and nearly 26,000 nationwide. In comparison, the number of murders in the city of San Diego, just north of the border, was 50 for 2019. Mexicos war on drugs began in late 2006 when the president at the time, Felipe Caldern, ordered thousands of troops onto the streets in response to an explosion of horrific violence in his native state of Michoacn. Municipal police officers mounted an operation to track down the person thought responsible for the attack, one local tabloid reported though in a country where more than 90% of crimes go unpunished there was no indication they had succeeded. The homicide was the 223rd so far in 2021 in Tijuana, the border city just south of San Diego. It was the third time that week that widespread arson and shootings by drug cartels had been seen in cities across northern Mexico. Caldern hoped to smash the drug cartels with his heavily militarized onslaught but the approach was counter-productive and exacted a catastrophic human toll. Six people have been arrested in the week since, according to the president. This mother says violence has sadly become expected for residents of Tijuana. As Mexicos military went on the offensive, the body count sky-rocketed to new heights and tens of thousands were forced from their homes, disappeared or killed. To explore the violence blighting Latin Americas number two economy the Guardian spent seven days reporting from Tijuana one of the worlds most deadly cities between 4 and 11 October. The Guardians week had an unusually peacefully start, with not a single murder recorded in the first 24 hours, according to the newly elected mayor, Arturo Gonzlez Cruz. Members of the National Guard patrol a beach in Playas de Tijuana on August 16. hide caption. In Tijuana, where local gangs have been battling over a lucrative domestic drug market, the report tallied 138 killings per 100,000 residents last year, or about seven killings on average per. Despite the government's vaunted security increases, little has changed in terms of the murder rate since then. While it has long been controlled by the Arellano Felix cartel, it is believed to have become a battleground between several other gangs. These are killings that matter to no one, Clark said. hide caption. The rumor about the cartel imposing a curfew on Tijuana wasn't true, but the 23-year-old decided to skip his work at a local restaurant that weekend anyway and stay at home with his girlfriend. TIJUANA ( Border Report) The city of Tijuana is heading into December with over 1,850 homicides for the year, placing it on track to reach the dubious mark of 2,000 annual murders, something it's done in recent years. She was a decent girl, a good-looking girl she was always smiling, said her longtime boyfriends father as shellshocked relatives gathered outside and crime scene officers prepared to transport Rojass body to the citys overburdened morgue. Every single day we breathe death, fumed one local woman who has been campaigning to get the morgue moved. This fracturing of command, along with the increased presence of powerful outside groups in the regions organized crime, sparked a bloodbath in the city. Authorities in Mexico say a journalist has been murdered in Tijuana, the second killing of a media worker in the border city in less than a week and the latest in a string of killings in one of . Police identified the victim as 19-year-old Isis Atalia Montoya Romero and said she was employed at the strip club and bar. In sum, the break-up of the Tijuana Cartel and accompanying encroachment of the Sinaloa Cartel do more to explain the continuing violence than the government's security efforts. Violence in the state has cost the lives of as many as 1,476 people between January and June, with 60% of the violent murders being reported in the border city of Tijuana. You couldnt go out because you were scared of what might happen, recalled Dora Elena Corts, a local journalist whose Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias chronicled the butchery. One of the victims was a 27-year. hide caption. "And I cannot allow a cartel to rule my citizens. Yet outside, hundreds of Tijuana residents gathered, encouraged to come by Carlos Atilano Pea a local politician from an opposing political party who is using the moment to spread a very different message. hide caption. TIJUANA, Mexico Moses Zazueta Ramirez was at home last Friday when he started getting messages from his mom and seeing the chaos unfold on social media. Two more were found in a ravine in the Snchez Taboada neighborhood; both had been shot. The cartels flexed their power in Tijuana - NPR Toya Sarno Jordan for NPR Most of the killings are attributed to the ongoing wave of violence between rival cartels just south of the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana. TIJUANA ( Border Report) On the last day of 2021, as people were getting ready to welcome the new year, three men were murdered in the city of Tijuana to close out the year with 1,972. Illuminated in the the red and blue lights of emergency vehicles, a half-naked man lay in a pool of blood, shot through the thigh and fighting for his life. The northern state of Baja California was hit by a wave of. Shops and bystanders were being targeted, with some officials saying it was in retaliation to arrests of high-level cartel leaders and others attributing it to disputes between gangs. Tijuana is ranked as the most dangerous city in the world 2019 with a homicide rate of 138 per 100,000 and a total of 2,640 murders.Zona Norte is an official neighborhood, as well as a red light district located in Tijuana, Mexico, which present themselves in public as and bars, similar to gentlemen's clubs in the United States.#PayPal ; [email protected] https://www.patreon.com/iam_marwa?alert=2kindly subscribe to my Youtube channel by clicking here : http://www.youtube.com/c/iammarwaorhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2uaWdy6OTf4Ty7DVC_7lw/joincheck out my awesome instagram photos here: https://www.instagram.com/iam_marwa/Facebook page here : https://www.facebook.com/iamMARWAofficial/SUPPORT MY WORK VIA #iam_marwaAIRBNB ; SAVE MONEY ON YOUR 1ST AirBnB booking by using this link to SIGN UP ; Sign up for Airbnb and get $36 off your first adventure. TIJUANA (Border Report) Tijuana is once again on track to be named the most dangerous city in the world. hide caption. But the violence went on. Members of the National Guard patrol a beach in Playas de Tijuana on August 16. Supervisors weigh expediency versus accountability, How much sewage can San Diego recycle? Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua, was second with 515 homicides between January and May followed. By contrast, there were 414 homicide victims in all of Australia in 2017. And at 2.45pm an unidentified killer barged into a home on Calle Tamaulipas, pulled out a gun and brought an unidentified males life to an end. It was the scene of pitched battles between rival factions, and the discovery of mutilated bodies in public places became a regular occurrence. Second Mexican journalist killed in Tijuana in less than a week The prosecutor's office confirmed having detected these criminal groups that had taken at least three homes of Americans in Tijuana, today the army and the authorities guard the houses. Thousands of federal troops have been deployed to several Mexican border cities, including Tijuana, amid a flare up in gang violence. At night its like there are 60 dead dogs lying out here, the woman complained of the reek. The mission of BorderReport.com is to provide real-time delivery of the untold local stories about people living, working and migrating along the U.S. border with Mexico. BAKERSFIELDToday, April 21, 2023, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Sacramento Field Office special agents returned wanted fugitive Gustavo Ubaldo Soria, 53, to Kern County to face murder . In the days since the attacks, military reinforcements have been sent into Tijuana to bolster security. "I think these events should encourage us to really think seriously, precisely about what are these structural conditions that allowed this violence to take place. When El Chapo was arrested in early 2016, Mexicos president bragged: Mission accomplished. Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero says residents of her city can trust officials to keep them safe. Caution tape is visible around the entrance of Adelita Bar in Tijuanas Zona Norte after a man identified by police as a U.S. citizen was arrested for killing a woman inside the club on Wednesday night. In 2019, a little more than 2,200 homicides were recorded in Tijuana, which is a city of about 2.2 million people. State officials say 17 people were detained and suspects include members of the Jalisco cartel. The end of 2021 has shown little improvement, and Tijuana has an average of about 164 murders a month now (source - Border Report ). Toya Sarno Jordan for NPR You may occasionally receive promotional content from the San Diego Union-Tribune. For residents of Boulevard Fundadores, where Tijuanas public mortuary is located, change cannot come fast enough. Under Calderns successor, Enrique Pea Nieto, the governments rhetoric on crime softened as Mexico sought to shed its reputation as the headquarters of some the worlds most murderous mafia groups. A United States citizen was arrested in Tijuana on Wednesday night for allegedly killing a 19-year-old employee of the Adelitas night club on Coahuila street in the citys Zona Norte. Tijuana police arrested the suspect, identified as Logan Matthew Kelley, 26, at the crime scene after he was detained by security guards at the bar. The army and National Guard on patrol in Tijuana, On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry. Its a punishment a message, speculated one of the first responders. In a graphic video circulated on social networks, Kelley appears to be wearing a coronavirus mask as he walks behind Montoya and puts his arm around her neck, stabs her, and then throws her to the floor. Tijuana-Rosarito highway violent assaults increasing, citizens demand police action November 23, 2021 7313 - Neighbors of Playas denounce that they put stones and spiked wires on the stage to puncture the tires of those who travel at dawn so that they stop and thus assault them with violence. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Source: El Universal(sp), Telemundo (sp), Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC. The year is shaping up to beat last years homicide total, which was a record 2,114. Pea is tapping into a sentiment felt by many. In Ensenada, the bodies of a man, woman and a child were found on a ranch in the Guadalupe district. The Baja California Post - The Baja California Post TIJUANA A United States citizen was arrested in Tijuana on Wednesday night for allegedly killing a 19-year-old employee of the Adelita's night club on Coahuila street in the city's Zona Norte. InSight has highlightedthis trend towards fragmentation in organized criminal groups across the Americas, and noted that groups breaking down into smaller factions can cause more crime due to vicious in-fighting over small bits of territory and over more localized businesses like microtrafficking. The prosecutor said they were able to uncover the kidnapping ring in 2020 thanks to the collaboration of the U.S. and Mexican governments. U.S. man held in Tijuana on suspicion of killing 19-year-old employee Tijuana-Rosarito highway violent assaults increasing, citizens demand 2. Carlos Atilano Pea organized the "united for security" rally outside a military base where Mexico's President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador gave his daily press briefing during his visit to Tijuana. And it is no coincidence that the river runs through some of Washington D.C.'s poorest communities in the south-eastern sections of the city. The situation was worse in Tijuana, where 12 homicides were reported.