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Mar 13, 2024 | latamlens.com | Nathaniel Parish Flannery

Foreign executives need to understand the impact that criminal activity in Tijuana can have on their operations and employees. Tijuana is the most violent city in Mexico, but it is also one of the country’s biggest economic success stories. As powerful organized crime groups from the states of Sinaloa and Jalisco battle for control of the smuggling routes that run through Tijuana to the U.S., the border city recorded an average of over 2,000 murders per year between 2019 and 2023.