Many of them have been placed at points where migrants and smugglers are known to cross the border, especially in the mountains east of the city.

Nathaly Corona Duarte, 20, was found dead in Sonora, Mexico, outside Tijuana in September. In July 2024, a woman called Bentonville police to report that Corona was being beaten at an apartment. Police found Corona locked in the bathroom and Johan Lopez Castaneda,

Susano Cordoba, right, sells peanuts to truck drivers lining up to cross the border into the United States as tariffs against Mexico go into effect, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. Financial news is displayed as Ppeople work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York,

The ongoing uncertainty over tariffs implemented on Mexico has led to a 30% halt in construction investment in the city of Tijuana and Northern Baja California.

Trucks line up to cross the border into the United States as tariffs against Mexico go into effect, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on Mexican products this week caught a majority of maquiladoras in Tijuana off-guard. Diana Reyes Herrera, president of the Tijuana Association of Human Resources,

Activists agree that strengthening access to asylum in Mexico is key to sustaining support for trans migrants.

"The first thing we noticed was a stop in exports as people realized the economic impact the tariffs were going to create," said Delgado Vallejo. "It translated into fewer truck loads going abroad, not just in the Tijuana region but every point along the border.

"People suffer a lot when they are deported. Sometimes they don’t even speak Spanish. They’ve spent their whole lives in the United States."

On one side of the border, US soldiers unfurled barbed wire. On the other, Mexican soldiers monitored a gap in the border wall. Both had the

There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people gathering at the U.S. border and trying to cross. Can it help Mexico stave off President Trump’s threatened tariffs?

Mexican law enforcement arrested a California man for allegedly trying to enter their country with an arsenal of powerful weapons that belong to the Sinaloa cartel, authorities said in a statement Wednesday.