Sandra Dibble

Tijuana

Creator of Border City podcast for San Diego Union-Tribune. Write Border Report for Voice of San Diego. https://t.co/sRvazTkTeV

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Articles

Border Report: Questions Swirl Over Baja Governor's Cancelled Visa

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

Three weeks after Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda announced the cancellation of her U.S. visitor visa, many questions linger. But one thing is certain: The incident has put an uncomfortable spotlight on the governor, who has been an up-and-coming politician in Mexico’s ruling MORENA Party. The Trump administration began to put travel restrictions on Mexican politicians it believes are connected to “drug corruption” as early as last month, ProPublica reported.
Baja California's tomato growers unite to fight upcoming US levies

1 month ago | mexiconewsdaily.com | Sandra Dibble

With a U.S. levy on imported Mexican tomatoes set to start in mid-July, Mexico’s growers are lobbying intensely against a measure they say would harm both countries, joining forces with U.S. partners and President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administrationOne grower acknowledged it’s an uphill fight.
Border Report: Death of Baja Commander Hits Close to Home in San Diego

2 months ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

Law enforcement officers in San Diego, and beyond, are mourning the violent death of a Baja California state police commander who helped detain U.S. fugitives in Mexico. U.S. officers rushed to the scene where Abigail Esparza Reyes lay fatally wounded in Tijuana this month in a shootout with an escaped California inmate. They filled the pews two days later during her funeral mass at Tijuana’s Metropolitan Cathedral. And they have been raising money to help the son and daughter she left behind.
Border Report: US Rejects Mexico’s Emergency Water Request

2 months ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

Tariffs and immigration crackdowns have taken center stage in recent weeks as President Donald Trump pushes border tougher restrictions. But there has been another issue also playing out: water. This month for the first time, the United States denied Mexico’s request for a special delivery of Colorado River water to Tijuana. Though not required in the 1944 U.S.-Mexico water treaty, these voluntary deliveries have been quietly taking place since 1972.
Border Report: Tariffs or Not, Baja Pushes to Attract Semiconductor Companies

Mar 3, 2025 | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

As a girl growing up in Tijuana and San Diego, Joanna Loaiza read adventure stories, swam laps at her local pool, and dreamed of one day becoming an engineer. Today, the 22-year-old is preparing to graduate from CETYS Universidad in Tijuana with a degree in computer engineering. Sheâ€™s learning about electronic chips, or semiconductors, the small devices essential for everything from cell phones to fighter jets.
Border Report: Why Tijuana’s Top Migrant Affairs Expert Is Gone

Jan 27, 2025 | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

There were few surprises at the border last week as President Donald Trump launched his second term. True to his campaign vows, he suspended asylum appointments, prepared to dramatically step up deportations and moved to end birthright citizenship. Yet here in Tijuana, Trump’s first day took an unexpected turn. Just hours after the new U.S. president took the oath of office, Tijuana officials removed a well-respected human rights activist from his post as the city’s director of migrant affairs.
Border Report: In Baja California, Getting Out the Overseas Vote

Oct 28, 2024 | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

Tucked behind the hillsides that rise between Rosarito Beach and Ensenada, the small open-air market at La Mision features stalls with used clothes, tables of dried chilis and a stand of colorful fruit drinks. That‚Äôs where I found Joan Lucci and Anne Porter last Monday, by a folding table with a poster that read ‚ÄúYes We Can Vote from Mexico.‚ÄĚThe two women are among several hundred U.S.-expats living in and around La Mision, a coastal village located about 45 miles from the U.S. border.
¿Podrá Sheinbaum, ante un retroceso democrático y creciente inseguridad, lograr crecimiento y bienestar para México?

Oct 1, 2024 | axisnegocios.com | Alfredo Corchado |Sandra Dibble

El Paso, Texas, 1 de oct. (Puente News Collaborative) -- Víctor González teme por su seguridad cada vez que sale de Aguascalientes, en el centro de México, para visitar a sus posibles clientes por la creciente violencia criminal. "Cuando voy a Guadalajara voy con el Jesús en la boca", dijo en una entrevista. "Es un show salir de Aguascalientes. Hay vuelos entre Aguascalientes y Zacatecas, un vuelo ridículo de 20 minutos, para evitar la carretera. Es extremadamente peligroso".
Border Report: Transit in Tijuana Is Still a Thorny Issue

Sep 30, 2024 | voiceofsandiego.org | Sandra Dibble

Musicians, writers, artists, designers, dancers, cyclists, architects, mobility activists occupied empty bus stations in different parts of Tijuana on Saturday in an unusual public protest. Their aim: to call attention to the city’s desperate need for a modern transit system.
¿Cambiará de rumbo la nueva presidenta de México?

Sep 30, 2024 | axisnegocios.com | Alfredo Corchado |Sandra Dibble

Sep. 30 (Puente News Collaborative) -- Cuando llegó la pandemia de la covid-19, la entonces jefa de gobierno, Claudia Sheinbaum, reconvirtió rápidamente el centro de seguridad pública de la capital mexicana, el C5, en un espacio para manejar llamadas de emergencia y coordinar asistencia médica.