$600K worth of Mexican Xanax seized on I-5
About 90,000 pills were allegedly found inside a pickup traveling on Interstate 5 Wednesday evening
Border & Baja California
Escaped California inmate arrested in police commander’s killing in Tijuana
César Moisés Hernández was located Thursday by Mexican law enforcement in eastern Tijuana
Camp Pendleton identifies Marines who died in New Mexico rollover crash
Lance Cpl. Albert Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, and Lance Cpl. Marcelino Gamino, 28, of Fresno,...
2 Camp Pendleton Marines killed in vehicle accident while deployed to U.S.-Mexico border
A third service member also was badly injured in the crash in New Mexico
Future Otay Mesa border crossing secures $150 million federal grant
The money comes with a new agreement that does away with environmental requirements set by...
A new rule aims to combat money laundering. A San Diego woman says it will put her out of business.
Money services business in certain ZIP codes are now required to report transactions $200 and...
U.S. offers reward for fugitive accused of killing police commander in Tijuana
Escaped prisoner wanted on both sides of the border for the killing of Abigail Esparza...
Chief of elite police unit killed in hunt for California fugitive in Tijuana
Abigail Esparza Reyes led the state police unit known as the "Gringo Hunters" in Tijuana
Mexico demands thorough investigation into San Diego police shooting of teen
Kevin García, 19, was shot by police after a 40-minute standoff in the Stockton neighborhood...
As the U.S.-Mexico land border tightens, focus turns to dangerous sea crossings
Three recent interceptions near San Diego reveal the stakes for migrants, who paid smugglers up...
1 dead, another injured after fall from border wall
The Vietnamese nationals were found near Clearwater Way and Dairy Mart Road, west of the...
Family’s anti-terrorism suit trods new ground in targeting Sinaloa cartel for DEA agent’s killing
Lawsuit under Anti-Terrorism Act thought to be first ever against the Mexican cartel newly designated...
Family of DEA agent ‘Kiki’ Camarena sues cartel under new terrorist designation in San Diego
Camarena's family's attorneys said Trump's designation of Sinaloa cartel as foreign terrorist organization allowed for...
Three migrants die while crossing U.S.-Mexico border during recent storm
The woman and two men died during separate incidents in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area...
Trump moves to close gaps in San Diego border fence, but environmental concerns linger
Four spots in challenging terrain along the San Diego-Tijuana border are slated for new fence
Jury convicts Tijuana man in hostage-taking killing of San Diego teen who stole drugs
Brian Alexis Patron Lopez was found guilty of killing Miguel Anthony Rendon while engaged in...
Coast Guard rescues migrants from drifting vessel 60 miles off San Diego coast
The boat was found Tuesday morning, and migrants were hoisted aboard a Coast Guard helicopter...
San Diego’s self-described ‘king of coke’ sentenced for trafficking drugs, recruiting cartel hitmen
Prosecutors said Rudy Silva was a prolific drug trafficker who ordered a cartel 'sicario' to...
‘I don’t want to die’: Cal Fire captain’s killing was captured on doorbell camera, according to arrest warrant
The arrest warrant for Yolanda Marodi reveals the suspect may have fled into Mexico
Thousands of U.S. and Mexican troops are at the border. Here’s where they are and what they’re doing.
The Mexican National Guard has set up checkpoints to search vehicles while U.S. troops assist...
Trump’s pause on Mexican tariffs hinges on slowing fentanyl. Can Mexico’s National Guard succeed?
Mexico sent more than 3,000 National Guard troops to Baja California this week as part...
Major armored car company forfeits $50M to avoid criminal prosecution
The non-prosecution agreement includes admissions that Brink's violated the Bank Secrecy Act
Construction resumes on U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Diego
Crews were closing off the remaining 100-foot gap of the border wall replacement project near...
Coast Guard intercepts panga off Point Loma, detains 14 people
A video shows members of the Coast Guard boarding a vessel during the night and...
Man who procured guns, ammo for Sinaloa Cartel sentenced to nearly 20 years
Prosecutors said Keith Rodriguez Padilla obtained powerful guns and ammunition for the Valenzuela trafficking organization
Preliminary report released on border agent’s fatal helicopter crash in Potrero
The Dec. 16 crash killed Air and Marine Operations Agent Jeffrey Kanas, a 16-year Customs...
Tijuana declares emergency ahead of possible mass deportations
Unanimous City Council vote lays ground to prepare for potential influx of arrivals following Trump...
Delayed Otay Mesa East border project poised to begin construction with key agreements reached
SANDAG on Friday approved the terms for an agreement with the federal government on the...
It’s Three Kings Day — for many it’s time to pick up the Rosca de Reyes, a traditional Mexican bakery treat
Chula Vista bakery among many in both San Diego County and Tijuana that prepare treats...
New trash boom sweeps up tires, plastics and debris flowing into Tijuana River Valley
The trash boom is the third, and largest, in the Tijuana River area at 450...
First border construction, now Trump. Uncertainty swirls around the future of Friendship Park.
The Biden administration has pledged to reopen access to the U.S. side, but uncertainty grows...
Supervisors OK $2M to help migrants traveling through San Diego County amid busy holiday season
'Usually, as it gets closer to Christmas, that's when the backlog starts happening — because...
Passenger who tried to force Mexican plane to fly to US said he was under threat by criminals
Volaris airline flight was flying from the central city of Leon, in Guanajuato state, to...
Father finds son’s remains in Tijuana after more than five-year search
The father founded a collective to search for his missing son, as have hundreds of...
Video of Border Patrol SUV striking man near fence prompts investigation
The Nov. 27 incident in San Ysidro, captured on cellphone footage from the Tijuana side...
Newsom announces new plans for National Guard at border during San Diego visit
Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a visit to Otay Mesa that CalGuard will work to...
Long-jailed former cartel lieutenant pleads guilty in San Diego and is released from custody
Gustavo Rivera, who grew up in Chula Vista, was a high-ranking member of the Arellano...
Tijuana once again sets up additional checkpoint at border crossing
The checkpoint is an effort to back up CBP so U.S. officers can open additional...
Efforts to open a new migrant aid center in San Diego County stall once more
San Diego County has once again rescinded a contract with a potential operator to establish...
San Diego federal court was ground zero for hashing out Trump’s border policies. A repeat is likely.
Border wall construction projects, family separations, asylum limitations and hardline enforcement priorities all landed in...
U.S. ambassador to Mexico visits San Diego and Tijuana: ‘Solutions are found when you work together’
Ken Salazar said cooperation between the two countries is crucial to “keep this momentum going...
Migrant who died from border fence fall was Colombian national
Colombian national who died after falling from the border fence in Otay Mesa was identified...
Former San Diego Border Patrol agent charged with on-duty sex crimes
Juan Prishker, who has resigned from CBP, allegedly touched one victim while she was restrained...
Tijuana to offer ‘fast lane’ border passes to U.S. shoppers during its version of Black Friday
El Buen Fin, or The Good Weekend, runs Friday through Monday in Mexico, and U.S....
Southwestern College students in Tijuana don’t have to worry about crossing the border for this class
A Southwestern College business class taught at CETYS Tijuana marks a first step in a...
New nonstop Tijuana to Las Vegas route takes off, with three flights a week
Mexican airline Volaris launched nonstop flights between Tijuana and Las Vegas on Tuesday
A fraudster from the South Bay got clemency from Trump. She was just convicted of fraud again.
Adriana Camberos, known as Adriana Shayota when former President Donald Trump commuted her prison sentence,...
Campaign rhetoric around U.S.-Mexico border is extreme. Living there is a lot more nuanced.
The Union-Tribune spoke with more than two dozen San Diego County residents who live closest...
Mexico’s new president tours sewage treatment project in first Tijuana visit
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, toured the project to overhaul the San Antonio de...
Former San Diego CBP officer sentenced to 23 years in prison for accepting bribes
Leonard Darnell George accepted bribes to allow undocumented migrants and illegal drugs to cross the...
Majority of border methamphetamine seizures occur in California, while fentanyl moves east
More than 101,000 pounds of meth were seized along California-Mexico border in fiscal 2024, while...
2 die, 1 injured in crash after Border Patrol pursuit on SR-905 in Otay Mesa
The crash occurred on the westbound side of the freeway at Britannia Boulevard shortly before...
U.S. brothers sentenced for ‘massacre’ of sister, her young family in Tijuana
Christopher Baltezar Hernandez and Victor Armondo Aguilar admitted to murder conspiracy for killing sister's family...
Leader of smuggling ring involved in fatal pursuit sentenced to maximum. ‘You don’t have remorse.’
Prosecutors said Felipe De Jesus Rosales-Herrera was the "ringleader of a long-running and extensive" migrant...
Fraud trial begins for South Bay businesswoman who got clemency from Trump
Prosecutors say siblings Adriana and Andy Camberos enriched themselves by selling deeply discounted products intended...
Chula Vista man accused in wife’s slaying extradited from Mexico
Francisco Uriarte, 41, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the March 29, 2020, killing of his...
New Tijuana mayor takes helm. ‘We are going to have a safe Tijuana.’
Ismael Burgueño, a former elementary school teacher and state leader of the ruling Morena party,...
Prices for border-crossing programs SENTRI, Global Entry to change this week
Starting Tuesday, the cost to enroll in expedited border-crossing programs in the U.S. will be...
Mexico, San Diego renew cross-border agreement to help domestic violence victims
The five-year cooperation agreement was first signed in 2019 and was extended Wednesday at Your...
San Diego man pleads guilty in first ever prosecution for smuggling greenhouse gases
Michael Hart admitted illegally importing hydrofluorocarbons, used for cooling and refrigeration, from Mexico to be...
Man allegedly armed with screwdriver shot by CBP officer at Otay Mesa port charged with assault
A CBP officer shot Ramiro Montalvo Jr., a U.S. citizen allegedly armed with a screwdriver,...
San Diego County selects Virginia-based company to run new migrant aid center
Some local migrant services groups have already voiced concerns about the choice of a non-local...
Federal officer wounds man with screwdriver at Otay Mesa Port of Entry
No commercial trucks were allowed to cross at the port for a few hours during...
California-Mexico ports of entry to pause for 9/11 moment of silence
The remembrance is slated for 5:46 a.m. Wednesday at the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate,...
Republicans focus on U.S.-Mexico border during congressional hearing and Vance San Diego visit
The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Friday to get local perspectives on the...
2 San Diego CBP officers accused of working with cartel, allowing drugs through inspection lanes
Jesse Clark Garcia and Diego Bonillo were arrested in May and remain in custody on...
She lived undocumented in San Marcos. She returns to Mexico 20 years later as a federal legislator.
Maribel Solache was sworn in as one of Mexico’s 500 federal deputies in Congress, but...
A unique half marathon that takes runners from San Diego to Tijuana: ‘It’s a one-of-a-kind race’
On Sept. 15, runners will compete in the Binational Race, from Las Americas Premium Outlets...
‘Nowhere is safe’: Imperial Beach rallies to demand quicker fix to sewage crisis
Organizers encouraged hundreds of residents to log complaints and urge government agencies to resolve cross...
Federal agency says sewage odors aren’t its fault. Local air pollution officers disagree.
The San Diego Air Pollution Control District said it could seek an order of abatement...
More than 5,000 pounds of meth found among produce at Otay Mesa border
The drugs were found hidden inside separate shipments of celery and watermelon aboard trucks at...
Tijuana’s citizens are fed up with the violence. Can the incoming mayor help turn the tide?
Ismael Burgueño will take over as Tijuana’s new mayor on Oct. 1, and addressing the...
Crossing the border with your dog? The U.S. just changed the rules.
For instance, dogs must be at least 6 months old, have a microchip that can...
Teens expected to face federal charges in ‘violent, premeditated’ Chula Vista shootings
The shootings killed one and wounded two, including a man who Mexican authorities say is...
Greyhounds up for adoption in San Diego after sudden closure of historic Tijuana racetrack
The Caliente greyhound racetrack, whose history dates back to 1927, recently and unexpectedly announced that...
House Speaker Johnson, Rep. Issa tour U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego
The U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego is a backdrop for election-season debates over immigration policy
‘El Mayo’ Zambada, historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and son of ‘El Chapo’ arrested in US
A leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel for decades alongside Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Zambada...
San Diego-area Border Patrol agent claims immunity from prosecution in fatal crash
Border Patrol Agent Dustin Sato-Smith has successfully moved his case from state court to federal...
Flight delays, border gridlock and more as Microsoft outage hits San Diego County
Airport, courts, hospitals and law enforcement agencies in San Diego experienced effects of outage, and...
Delays continue to plague completion of Otay Mesa East border crossing
San Diego County officials now predict the Otay II crossing won't be open to traffic...
Tijuana now has the San Diego border region’s only nonstop flight to this major Asian capital
Hainan Airlines on Friday resumed its Beijing-Tijuana-Mexico City route after a four-year hiatus due to...
Fourth arrest made in connection with Baja California surfer killings
Two Australian surfers and their American friend were found dead in a remote area south...
Are bilingual and binational students getting the schooling they need? There’s ‘a lot of work we need to do,’ educators say
More than a million California public school students are English learners. Meanwhile, 45,000 students cross...
Former Baja California prosecutor’s office employee sentenced for cocaine load
Ana Sofia Lopez Osuna, 33, was arrested last year for driving a car loaded with...
Tijuana federal legislator and former Mayor González Cruz dies
Arturo González Cruz, 69, the first Tijuana mayor from Mexico's current ruling party, Morena, suffered...
Mexican drug broker with disputed cartel ties sentenced in San Diego
Rubén Velázquez Aceves, known as "El Ingeniero," or The Engineer, had been accused of being...
The iconic Caesar salad turns 100. Do you know its local origin story?
Tijuana is hosting a four-day centennial bash for the dish said to be created there,...
SENTRI vehicle lane will stay open an extra two hours in Otay Mesa
Beginning Friday, border crossers will have an additional two hours to use the trusted traveler...
3 companies along San Diego-Mexico border ordered to pay $840K in back wages and penalties
Settlements are part of series of investigations dating to 2019 and have led to recovery...
Mexican attorney linked to botched hit on journalist agrees to extradition from San Diego
Mexico suspects Armando Escárcega Valdez of masterminding the failed assassination attempt of prominent Mexico City...
San Diego judge rules CBP falsely imprisoned 9-year-old U.S. citizen at border
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel awarded the family $1.5 million, ruling Customs and Border Protection...
Supreme Court rules in government’s favor in San Diego ‘blind mule’ drug courier case
In a 6-3 opinion that could have wider implications in criminal cases, the Supreme Court...
A new nonstop flight from Tijuana to this U.S. nightlife destination is coming
Mexico's Volaris airline will be offering direct service from the Tijuana International Airport to Las...
Border crossings and migrant street releases remain steady despite Biden’s executive order
In the week and a half since the presidential asylum restrictions were implemented, more than...