Promote Investment and Help Deportees: Mayors – by Roberto Santillán (Diario Tijuana)

Tijuana—January 18, 2017.- Exemptions from land use fees, streamlining of paperwork, forgiveness of debts and fines—these were some of the benefits, along with establishing a “plan for deportees”, that the 461 National Action Party (PAN) mayors agreed to implement during Continue reading

Migrants and the displaced fill shelters in Tijuana; the government does not address crisis – by Inés García Ramos (Semanario Zeta)

~This story was originally published by Zeta on September 5, 2016 ~ While migrant shelters are at double their capacity, the Ministry of Finance withholding a special fund of 300 million pesos approved since 2015. Meanwhile, the state government fails Continue reading

2016 Election Preview – by Michael Lettieri (TBI)

This Sunday, June 5, thirteen Mexican states will hold local elections. Many of these elections occur against the backdrop of increasing violence and political corruption. According to Semaforo Delictivo, seven of these states are experiencing increasing homicides (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Continue reading

TBI Interviews: David Maung on the Power of Images

Recently, TBI Program Officer Martha Garcia was able to catch up to Tijuana-based photographer David Maung to talk to him a bit about his work. Originally from the Bay area in Northern California, Maung is a veteran photojournalist with 29 Continue reading