Tijuana's toughest time
Tijuana saw some of its worst violence during the three-year window from 2008 to 2010. Yet the city's vibrant culture kept at it.
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Show Notes
In this episode of the “Border City” podcast from our sister paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, longtime U.S.-Mexico border reporter Sandra Dibble brings us to an awful time for Tijuana: the three-year window from 2008 to 2010. Cartels ramped up violence to horrifying levels, targeting cops and doctors. Police tried to purge traitors from their ranks — and went too far. But through it all, the spirit of Tijuana stayed alive. In the darkness, there were still sparkles of music and art and joy.
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Host: Sandra Dibble
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