 Decline seen in illegal crossings
 JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune
A Border Patrol vehicle yesterday drove in the strip between the primary border fence and a secondary fence that recently was topped with razor-studded concertina wire.
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Groups honor companies with cross-border ties
7:28 a.m. Nov. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
SAN DIEGO: Four companies and a foundation with cross-border ties were honored yesterday by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce's Mexico Business Center and Tijuana's Economic Development Corp.
Hunter Industries of San Marcos and Tijuana, which manufactures landscaping-irrigation products, was honored for outstanding community service. Its activities have included organizing three golf tournaments to benefit the Fire Association of Tijuana and supporting the Fundación Castro-Limon for children with cancer.
 NOVEMBER 17 (ENLACE)
Listos los partidos de la liguilla: MEXICO _ El campeón Santos aseguró el domingo el último espacio en la Liguilla del Torneo Apertura al empatar 0-0 con Atlante, mientras que Chivas quedó fuera tras la victoria de Toluca 1-0 ante San Luis, y Tigres venció 2-1 a Morelia para avanzar también al concluir la última jornada.
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Nov. 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
500 cops relieved in bid to fight corruption: TIJUANA – About 500 municipal police officers responsible for patrolling the most crime-ridden areas of Tijuana were temporarily relieved of duty yesterday and replaced by federal agents, state police and military forces.
TIJUANA, 8:56 p.m. Nov. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Many TJ police temporarily replaced by state, federal officers: About 500 municipal police officers responsible for patrolling the most crime-ridden areas of Tijuana were temporarily relieved of duty Tuesday and replaced by federal agents, state police and military forces.
SAN DIEGO, 12:39 p.m. Nov. 18 (AP)Border Patrol says fence slows attacks on agents: The Border Patrol has installed razor-sharp, curled wire atop a fence on the Mexican border, saying it has contributed to a sharp drop in attacks on its agents by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks.
Nov. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Kidnapped physician is released unharmed:A day after thousands marched in the streets of Tijuana to protest continued violence, kidnappers freed a doctor early yesterday, more than a week after he was abducted from the center of the city.
TIJUANA, Nov. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Thousands turn out to protest violence: More than 2,500 people marched yesterday afternoon through this city bludgeoned by violence, doing the only thing organizers said was left for them to do: pray.
TIJUANA, Mexico, 12:25 p.m. Nov. 15 (AP)
Gunmen attack police convoy in Tijuana: Gunmen attacked a state police convoy on a main boulevard in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, seriously wounding three policemen, state prosecutors reported Saturday.
Nov. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
3 Tijuana officers trying to enter U.S. taken into custody: Three Tijuana police officers suspected of ties to organized crime were detained this week by U.S. authorities as they tried to cross into the United States.
Nov. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Plans to upgrade wastewater plant called a 'victory': SAN YSIDRO – Nearly $90 million in upgrades to the troubled wastewater plant in San Ysdiro are on the way thanks to a construction contract announced yesterday by a federal wastewater agency.
TIJUANA, 8:19 p.m. Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Two top TJ police being questioned for suspected crime links: Two top members of Tijuana's municipal police department are among the 20 officers being questioned by Mexican federal investigators for suspected ties to organized crime, the city's Public Safety Secretariat announced Thursday.
Nov. 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Governor of Baja decries arms flow: TIJUANA – Baja California Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán yesterday called on U.S. officials to “cease their tolerance of arms trafficking” into Mexico, urging the incoming Obama administration to halt the southbound weapons flow.
TIJUANA, 7:46 p.m. Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Federal officials arrest 21 Baja police suspected of crime links: Twenty-one city and state police officers suspected of links to organized crime have been taken into federal custody in Tijuana, Baja California officials announced Tuesday.
TIJUANA, 7:04 a.m. Nov. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Tijuana doctors protest kidnapping of colleague: About 150 physicians stayed away from their jobs yesterday to protest the kidnapping of a colleague last week and to pressure law enforcement officials to obtain his release.
TIJUANA, Nov. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
10 dead in Baja weekend violence: Armed men traveling in cars shot to death three men early yesterday in the east and southeast parts of Tijuana. The body of another man was found later in the morning.
TIJUANA, Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Police official one of 5 slain in Tijuana by two men in disguise: Two men disguised as ice cream vendors early yesterday fatally shot a municipal police commander, one of five people killed throughout the day, state authorities said.
TIJUANA, 9:42 p.m. Nov. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Tijuana violence continues with at least 5 killed Sunday: Groups of armed men traveling in cars shot to death three men before dawn Sunday in the east and southeast parts of the city. The body of a fourth man was found later in the morning.
TIJUANA, Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Doctors protest physician's abduction: For the second time this year, Tijuana's doctors plan to cancel nonemergency appointments to protest the kidnapping of a fellow physician.
TIJUANA, 11:15 p.m. Nov. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Police officer, four others die in Tijuana area: Two men disguised as ice cream vendors Saturday morning shot to death a municipal police commander, one of five people killed during the day, authorities said.
Nov. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Slain Baja agents honored: TIJUANA – The mourners came armed with 9 mm pistols tucked into their waistbands or AR-15 assault rifles slung over their shoulders. Dozens of plainclothes state agents paid silent homage yesterday to three of their own.
TIJUANA, Nov. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
14 more die in day of raging violence: Police across Tijuana were on high alert as the region's continuing violence claimed 14 lives yesterday, including two state police agents, two victims who were decapitated and four apparently shot while walking.
TIJUANA, Nov. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Baja state police agent among 3 killed in Tijuana: An agent with Baja California's state police was one of three men shot to death yesterday in downtown Tijuana, the latest apparent victims of drug-related violence.
TIJUANA, 8:17 p.m. Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Six employees killed at Tijuana warehouse: Six men were shot to death and a seventh was wounded Monday afternoon when gunmen stormed a produce warehouse near the Otay Mesa border crossing.
TIJUANA, Nov. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
More killings bring weekend's toll to 10: Drug-related violence continued in Tijuana, where five more killings were reported yesterday, raising the weekend toll to 10.
TIJUANA, Nov. 2
Tijuana's weekend violent deaths total rises to 10: Brutal drug-related violence continued in this city, with five more killings reported Sunday, raising the weekend toll to 10.
TIJUANA, Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Three teens among five people shot dead in city: The wave of violence in Tijuana has continued into November, with at least five people fatally shot yesterday, three of them teenagers and one of them a woman, state authorities said.
TIJUANA, Nov. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Officers required to become fit: Martina Durán was sweating profusely on her last lap around the track, part of a group of 45 Tijuana municipal police officers undergoing physical training at a sports complex.
TIJUANA, 7:46 p.m. Nov. 1Tijuana's wave of violence continues into November: The wave of violence in Tijuana has continued into November, with at least three people fatally shot Saturday, two of them adolescents, state authorities said.
Nov. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Financing gone for Trump-named Baja towers:The developers of the Trump Ocean Resort in Baja California have lost their financing for the project, and it's unlikely a new lender will be secured until the economy halts its downhill slide. The planned three-tower, 526-unit condo-hotel project 10 miles from the international border, announced with great fanfare in 2006, has yet to be built.
Oct. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Man arrested in '02 death of girlfriend's toddler in Tijuana: TIJUANA: More than six years after Omar Alfonso RodrNguez Félix allegedly killed his girlfriend's 18-month-old son, then forced her to flee with him to San Diego, he is in custody, thanks to the coordinated efforts of police agencies on both sides of the border.
TIJUANA, Oct. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Four shot dead in Tijuana business: A group of gunmen killed four men and wounded two others inside a business on the city's east side Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. State and local police said the attack occurred at 1 p.m. at an auto-parts business on Boulevard Diaz Ordaz in the Los Pinos neighborhood.
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