The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana said she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats and 7 bodies were found in a truck.
The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana said she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats. Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced the decision after confirming police found seven dead bodies stuffed in a pickup truck on Monday."I have received threats, so I am going to live at the base," Caballero said. Local media reported the army base is on the southern edge of Tijuana, about 5 miles from the city hall.
Caballero did not say who the threats had come from. But it is well known that several drug cartels are waging turf battles in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California. Killings in Tijuana have risen by about 9% in the last 12 months, according to the federal public safety department. Tijuana has more homicides that any other city in Mexico, with 1,818 killings in the 12-month period ending in May."to shelter in place until further notice" because of the violence.
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