Funcionarios públicos y activistas dan la voz de alarma en el estado fronterizo mexicano de Baja California donde aseguran que en un lapso de cinco años documentaron más de 300 asesinatos donde las víctimas eran niños y adolescentes. En muchos casos, esas víctimas fueron asesinadas cuando sicarios trataban de asesinar a un ser querido.
Three drug cartels are reported to be the main instigators of violence in the border state of Baja California, Mexico, and California according to a list of 115 alleged cartel members recently unveiled by Mexico’s military.
The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana issued a shelter in place alert after cartel members torched numerous vehicles and cars in five of the main cities in the border state of Baja California. The attacks are tied to an apparent demand by one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels to release some jailed members.
A firefighter from Los Angeles is believed to have been kidnapped in the beach resort of Rosarito in Mexico. The firefighter has been missing since late August when authorities found his home ransacked.
Mexican state police arrested two Sinaloa cartel operatives in separate law enforcement operations near Mexico’s border with Arizona and California earlier last week. The arrests resulted in the seizure of one handgun and a quantity of methamphetamine according to local media reports.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with law enforcement officials in Mexico to uncover an incomplete tunnel near the Port of Nogales DeConcini Crossing. Authorities said smugglers designed the tunnel to move drugs under the border and into Arizona.
