La Prensa San Diego

Inicio de la construcción: 5 de febrero. Inauguración del carril: 23 de febrero. Los funcionarios de la Ofi-cina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos (U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP) inaugurarán el 23 de febrero un carril rápido piloto para peatones en el puerto de entrada Otay Mesa. De modo similar que [...]

Border Wall, Mexicali, Baja California Norte February 2 through April 30 “Beyond Borders” — photographs by David Bacon  On February 2, the Center for Cultural Investigation of the Autonomous University of Baja California mounted an exhibition of 18 large photographs, taken by photographer David Bacon, on the border wall, next to the garita, or gate, [...]

By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur  Roberto Fernandez concedes that it’s sometimes lonely being a bluesman in Culiacan. The capital of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Culiacan is best known for the banda or grupera sounds that also provide the drum beat to the narco-culture and violence that’s enveloped the region. “There’s no blues scene,” Fernandez [...]

Editor‘s Note: Frontera NorteSur is generally loathe to join the annual media ritual of regurgitating the year’s stories and classifying them in order of importance. The editor will make no such arbitrary judgments, but by any measure 2011 was an extraordinary year and some reflection seems called for at this time. So in the spirit [...]

By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur  Pro-immigrant and civil liberties groups are stepping up the pressure against US Immigration and Customs Enforce-ment’s (ICE) Secure Communities program. Designed to remove immigrant lawbreakers from the United States, Secure Communities enlists local law enforcement agencies in a cooperative relationship with ICE in order to identify, hold and deport foreign [...]

Por: Paco Zavala Ha llegado la época navideña, temporada en la que se proclama felicidad, reconciliación, diversión, recuerdos, nostalgias y tantas emociones vinculadas con esta fecha tan significativa para los creyentes de las diversas corrientes religiosas provenientes del cristianismo. En este contexto en días pasados se exhibió en el Centro Cultural Tijuana un documental dirigido [...]

 Por: Paco Zavala Transcurre el mes de diciembre con festividades, brindis y convivios en todos los niveles. Ámbitos y espacios, en este ajetreo nos parece digno de mencionar el siguiente evento: La Fundación Belleza Sin Fronteras A.C., realizó el pasado 1 de diciembre un evento trascendente para la vida social en la frontera tijuanense. Esta [...]

 A Celebration Peace and Goodwill By Vivian Marlene Dunbar Sat. Dec. 10 20ll — People of two nations came joined together, at the border, to celebrate the Annual Posada Sin Frontiers. This event marked the 18thyear of people gathering at Friendship Park to share in this traditional holiday. This year’s them is ‘The Star Still [...]

 By Kent Paterson Frontera NorteSur Under the circumstances, even the most stubborn personalities steeled in adversity would probably call it quits. Inside the corridors of the big marketplace, an odd tranquility reigns as the vendors wait for customers. Outside, the day is broken by the occasional sound of ambulances rushing off probably to attend the [...]

Por Mariana Martinez     El aire en el salón es húmedo y enrarecido, bajo las lozas color durazno se levanta una jaula cuadrada subida por un motor hidráulico que rechina un poco.     EL General Gilberto Landeros, jefe de la Segunda Zona Militar, cree que el elevador se trababa seguido en el trasiego de droga [...]

By Vivian Marlene Dunbar     On Nov. 19, 2011, the Border Angels will hold their 25 anniversary celebration at the San Diego Centro Cultural de la Raza. The event marks a quarter of a century of defending and protecting immigrant rights on the US border and throughout America.     The Border Angels was founded by [...]

By Mariana Martínez     An 11 year old girl giving birth in Puebla made national headlines in Mexico. Doctors suspect she is the victim of sexual abuse.     The girl is from San Francisco Totimehuacán, a rural community outside Puebla. She arrived to the Women’s Hospital in the capital city, Puebla, in full labor and [...]

Commentary: By Scott Nicol    How does waiving the Endangered Species Act in Glacier National Park help secure the border?    Simple. It doesn’t.    But that doesn’t matter to Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, author of the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (HR 1505). Bishop claims that U.S. Customs and Border Protection [...]

 By Mariana Martinez     Karen and her friend Marisela drove 12 hours to come to Tijuana for a concert.     Once here, she seduced bouncers and staffers and managed to get on stage to hug and kiss her favorite performer: El Komander.     “He was driving in Culiacán 3 days ago and waved at me, [...]

Frontera NorteSur     Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, a protest in Tijuana is shaping up to be a test between the right of citizens to assemble peacefully and the desire of authorities to maintain public order.     In the wee hours of the morning of Tuesday, October 18, dozens of state, municipal and [...]

By Rocky Neptun San Diego Indy Media     From Tehran to Scotland, from Hong Kong to the always fiery, militant youth of Rome, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread across the globe. Tired and angry over decades of corporate owned capitalism, where wealthy stockholders and huge multi-national corporations set the agenda for political and [...]

By Valeria Fernández New America Media PHOENIX, Ariz. – The number of apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped, but reports of abuses against immigrants are on the rise.     Those are the findings of a new report released by the Arizona humanitarian aid organization No More Deaths.     The report, “A [...]