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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baja Officials Stand United with Baja Love Ride San Felipe, Baja California, March 17 - The Baja Love Ride is a 4-day “ride for cause” fund raising bicycling event that will stretch from Rosarito Beach to San Felipe and will also include admission to the 5th Annual San Felipe Blues & Arts ...

First Group of Baja Tourist Police Set to Graduate on December 18 ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO--- The first group of a new Metropolitan Police Force to help patrol Baja’s tourist corridor from Tijuana to Ensenada is scheduled for a graduation ceremony Dec. 18 (tomorrow) at the San Diego Police Department. The ...

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San Diego To Assist Baja California In Training New Tourist Police Force ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---The San Diego Police Department will help train members of a new Mexican metropolitan tourist police force that will patrol from Tijuana to Ensenada. The training agreement was formalized in a letter of intent ...

Rosarito’s Year-To-Date Crime Total Declines To Lowest Level In 5 Years RO SARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---The number of crimes in this city from January to August of 2009 compared to the same eight months of 2008 declined by 24 percent, according to state government figures. Rosarito had the largest decrease ...

Rosarito To Forgive Penalties On Property And Transfer Taxes Now Through Oct. 31 ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---From now through Oct. 31 the city will forgive any past due penalties on people who pay back property taxes, including transfer fees.   “Many people don’t understand what the property tax requirements ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 Rosarito Group Seeks Funds To Expand Drug Prevention Program In City Schools ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---A non-profit group is being formed to raise money to expand drug prevention efforts to children in the city’s school ...

U.S. issues $50 million bounty on cartel kingpins Houston Chronicle The U.S. government increased the pressure on Mexico's infamous Gulf Cartel today by offering a reward of up to $50 million for the capture of 10 ranking members of the drug-trafficking syndicate. The reward, announced in Washington, includes four leaders who were ...

Mexico offers $2m for drug lords Some 25,000 troops are battling the drug gangs nationwide A reward of $2m (£1.37m) each will be paid to informers who help arrest Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug gang chiefs, the attorney general has said. Correspondents say the most-wanted list is a public challenge to the ...

Obama administration could have Mexico plan this week * Air Force general says Mexico is not losing drug war * Senator: Some traffickers trained by US Special Forces * US military aids border surveillance of cartel movements (Adds comments by DHS spokesman and Sen. Webb) go to original By David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 17 ...

U.S. shares blame in Mexico drug violence, senators say Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press “Mexico and America are in this together, and there is enough blame to go around,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a Senate hearing on drug violence in Mexico. “The insatiable demand for illegal drugs in the United States keeps ...

6 hours ago MEXICO CITY (AFP) — US President Barack Obama will visit Mexico next month amid mounting US concern over Mexican drug cartel violence that is spilling over its southern border, officials said Wednesday. The announcement came a day after a US general said the United States was considering sending troops or anti-narcotics agents ...

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Watch this exclusive Video  ON SATURDAY MARCH 14, 2009 OVER 1,000 LOCAL CITIZENS CAME OUT TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE CITY OF ROSARITO BY VOLUNTEERING TO PICK UP TRASH ALONG THE MAIN STREET OF TOWN. THE TURN OUT WAS MORE THAN EXPECTED AND THE RESULTS WERE OBVIOUS. IT WAS A DAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF ROSARITO JOINED TOGETHER TO SHOW THAT THERE IS ...

Release Date: March 12, 2009For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 A recent batch of large-scale cash seizures near the U.S.-Mexico border demonstrates a boost in readiness and attention to money trafficking activities in response to the current drug war raging in Mexico, a major priority for U.S. Department of ...

Tuesday, December 09, 2008Rosarito Mayor Outlines Security Gains and Receives award Below is a release on a speech made last Saturday to the United Society of Baja California by Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres. Photos of USBC President Anne Hines presenting a plaque to Mayor Torres and the Mayor with the plaque also are attached. FOR IMMEDIATE ...

Ever looked up the word deter? Well I did and here is what it says: Deter: to discourage somebody from taking action or prevent something from happening, especially by making somebody feel afraid or anxious. I think the press has done a pretty good job of deterring tourist from coming to Baja. Could there be a conspiracy here? Does somebody in ...

Crime in Baja a problem? Isn't it time we put things into perspective? There is crime in all countries. I am saddened by the press and the way it is trying to destroy the good people of Baja.  I have xxxxx out the names in the article below to protect the innocent.  Read this article and be thankful you did not have to ...

Good News From Baja to Balance the Bad: the Bicycles are Back! PR Newswire SAN DIEGO, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite travel warnings renewed just one week ago by the U.S. State Department, thousands of Southern Californians traveled to Baja on Saturday for the Rosarito Ensenada 50 Mile Fun Bicycle Ride(R), enjoying a weekend of mariachis and ...

April 16, 2008 — carlluna Let me tell you about two cities lying across the American border from each other. You guess what towns they are.The first is a relatively affluent place. Not everyone is living great but most people at least have reasonably decent houses in safe, clean neighborhoods. People can park their cars with out undoing ...

Thursday, January 17, 2008 Much of Baja California Travel Problems is Press Hype Dear Baja Friends: Below is an e-mail reply from Ron Raposa, Public Relations, Rosarito Beach, to a recent query re the article “Tourists Shun Crime-Hit Mexico Beaches”. This response can be applied to questions regarding any of the recently published ...

Balance Baja Real Estate Dreams and Investment Security Mexico Real Estate: Balancing Dreams with Investment Security By Brian Flock When making a real estate investment decision, agents encourage you to consider factors such as location, ocean views and swimming pools. When purchasing Mexico real estate, these factors influence you to fall in ...

 Spinning Fear; Unbalanced Reporting of Crime in Baja Impacts Popular Cycling Event  SAN DIEGO, March 26 /PRNewswire/ --     The 29th Anniversary Rosarito Ensenada 50 Mile Fun Bicycle Ride will take place on April 19. And while a fearful few are still avoiding Baja due to negative media reports on safety, security ...

From Admin Que Pasa 03 27 08City officials have launched Rosarito’s first Tourist Police Force to patrol those areas most frequented by the more than one million visitors per year to this beautiful seaside community just 30 miles south of San Diego. The elite 18-member force, hand selected by Police Chief Jorge Montero to consist of his ...

More than 300 residents here have volunteered to provide citizens’ watch services for the more than one million people a year who visit this popular tourist city. Members of the newly formed Citizen Council for Assistance to Tourists were sworn in at a March 4 ceremony at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. They included both Mexican-born and ...

Busy San Diego border crossing to begin expansion this summerThe Associated PressArticle Launched: 02/26/2008 04:36:39 PM PST var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + ''px''; ...

[expires:2008-03-09:Note that this information is outdated.] In Tijuana, Secretary of Public Security Alberto will soon get a big bump in monthly wages, Read More

Regarding the recycled bad press on Baja:  Brian, This has been really over played. The same storys keep recycling. It is hurting the area and it is a shame. The Government has already started counteracting the problem but people never hear the good news. This will pass.  We still all live down in Mexico and do not see this chaos ...

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OUTDOORS REPORT Baja hopes to lure kids to pier fish By Ed Zieralski UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER January 8, 2008 Take a fishing pier, chum it up with a lot of bait, invite some kids for a tournament with the long-range goal to improve underwater habitat and structure, all for better fishing. That would be a great concept here in Southern ...

The newest Baja police corruption crackdown August 24, 2007 at 10:50 am Posted under Tijuana, Baja, Economics The LA times has a story on the latest attempt to root out corruption in the Baja police force:They’re installing cameras to catch extortion attempts, publicizing that people can pay tickets with credit cards and transferring ...

August 6, 2007Mexico Real EstateCoastal Areas — the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Frontera NorteSur Chapter 1: A Mexican Beach Fire Sale? A senator from Baja California Sur, Mexico, is pushing legislation that would remove constitutional restrictions on direct foreign ownership of lands situated within 50 kilometers [31 miles] of ...

 Crackdown on Baja bribes As coastal luxury resorts go up south of Tijuana, officials are seeking to end police corruption that can discourage tourism.By Richard Marosi Times Staff Writer July 26, 2007 TIJUANA — Baja California sees a lucrative future in the luxury residential towers sprouting up along its coast, and officials are ...

Tourism & Economy• The tour & travel industry has the potential to become the most important source of foreign exchange for Mexico• Tourism is an activity which involves all levels of government• Sectur (Secretary of Tourism) declares that tourism is the key to Mexico’s economic development• Tourism has also been ...