La Prensa San Diego

Por Mariana Martínez Tiene un narco-corrido con su nombre contando sus hazañas; una película promovida por él mismo, autos blindados, armas bañadas en oro portando su nombre en diamantes y hasta un ejército de más de 200 personas,  con uniformes que muestran su total egolatría: Fuerzas Especiales Muletas. Era el encargado de entregar los cadáveres [...]

Frontera NorteSur A group of migrant farm-workers and their relatives is attempting to pick up the pieces of their lives after a deadly crash along the Mexico-US border. Early on the morning of January 2, a bus carrying 34 agricultural laborers and family members veered off a cliff near the settlement of La Rumorosa on [...]

Por Mariana Martinez The guy was asleep in his room, no bodyguards around. Just before dawn an explosion was heard and over 50 masked police men entered his huge mansion in an exclusive neighborhood in quiet La Paz, Baja California Sur. That was the way police arrested one of the most renowned narcos from Tijuana. [...]

Por Mariana Martínez Dormido en su cuarto y sin guardaespaldas. Una explosión en la madrugada y media centena de agentes encapuchados entrando a la mansión de una zona exclusiva en la tranquila ciudad de La Paz. Así fue finalmente capturado uno de los narcotraficantes más nombrados de Tijuana. Teodoro García Simental mejor conocido como “El [...]

By Mariana Martínez  It is around this time of year when thousands of Mexican immigrants or Mexican-Americans prepare to go back to Mexico during the holidays, a trip that is eagerly expected but can turn into a disaster if you don’t comply with Mexican laws and take a few precautions. For the last 20 years, [...]

Por Mariana Martínez  Es por estas fechas que miles de migrantes mexicanos y norteamericanos de origen mexicano vuelven a sus lugares de origen para celebrar la navidad, pero el viaje puede pronto convertirse en una pesadilla si no se cumplen los requisitos que piden las autoridades mexicanas. Desde hace 20 años el llamado Programa Paisano, [...]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched on Tuesday, December 8 a pilot program for exiting H-2A/B temporary workers. The program will be tested at San Luis and Douglas land ports of entry in Arizona and it is expected to last approximately one year. The goal is to ensure that temporary workers comply [...]

Frontera NorteSur  In a ruling that could reverberate across the Americas, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has taken the Mexican government to task for the murders of three young women in Ciudad Juarez. In a historic decision published this month, the justices found the government incurred in violations of the American Convention on Human [...]

Part of UC Institute to Address Global Health  The University of California, San Diego will lead a new Center of Expertise on Migration and Health as one of three multi-campus initiatives launched by the University of California system under the auspices of the new UC Global Health Institute.  The new center is headed by Steffanie [...]

By Khalil Abdullah New America Media WASHINGTON — Timing is everything in the arts of war or politics, according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s Nov. 13 speech on the need for immigration reform.  “Now, while everyone may agree that the status quo isn’t working, what everyone may not be aware of is how much [...]

TIJUANA, MEXICO — Today in Tijuana B. C., Mexico, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), the Environmental Protection Agency of Baja California, the California Air Resources Board and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission will initiate the Baja California Air Monitoring Network coverage assessment study and the Tijuana-Rosarito [...]

 Build on Cooperative Efforts to Create a More Vibrant Economy, Healthier Environment in Border Region Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Baja California Governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue to build upon their cooperative efforts on important issues in the California-Baja California border region. Specifically in the agreement, they [...]

Environmental activists to be recognized as the “Coastal Community Defense Champion” By Mariana Martínez  Human borders have no meaning to air, earth, and water, something well understood by environmental activists, whom in the last decade have worked closely, shoulder to shoulder, with their counterparts in San Diego-Tijuana in the search of environmental justice needed for [...]

Por Mariana Martínez  Las fronteras humanas no tienen mayor relevancia para el aire, la tierra o el agua, algo entendido bien por los activistas ambientales, que desde hace al menos una década han colaborado de manera cercana con sus contrapartes en Tijuana-San Diego en búsqueda de la justicia ambiental que merecemos todos.  Esta ha sido [...]

Por Mariana Martinez  Los miles de usuarios de la garita de San Ysidro estuvieron como público cautivo en un tiroteo que terminó con 5 personas heridas y 78 detenidos, todos ellos migrantes indocumentados mexicanos.  Además, el tiroteo dejó cerrada la importante garita por más de 4 horas.  El Martes, alrededor de las 3:25 p.m., se [...]

Inmigración, atención médica, educación, pobreza y vivienda parte de la agenda Obispos ofrecen principios de enseñanza social católica para ayudar al debate público WASHINGTON — En una serie de reuniones con congresistas demócratas y republicanos de ambas cámaras, una delegación de obispos hispanos de diferentes partes del país presentó a los legisladores cuatro áreas de [...]

By Mariana Martínez  One of the most heated issues in current public debate has been the jail system, mainly because far from being a place of rehabilitation it has been a place of overcrowding, violence and steep public spending both in California and Baja California.  With more than 150 thousand inmates, the California Jail system [...]