 Federal police raid tourist pharmacies
 Associated Press
Federal police officers stand on guard in front of a pharmacy in Tijuana Tuesday. Federal inspectors have raided 15 pharmacies in downtown Tijuana in a search for counterfeit drugs and illegal sales practices in stores known for offering U.S. tourists easy access to discount drugs.
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Man who bought car full of pot wins case
U.S. purchase led to year in Mexican jail
FEDERAL COURT, Aug. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A federal judge has awarded $551,000 to a Mexican printer who spent a year in prison after soldiers near Ensenada found 37 pounds of marijuana in a sport utility vehicle he bought from the U.S. government.
Francisco Rivera Agredano's case against the government took six years to go to trial but never resolved the central question: How did this happen?
 AUGUST 19 (ENLACE)
México-Honduras en primer capítulo mundialista: MÉXICO, DF - México y Honduras abren el miércoles su participación en la fase semifinal de la clasificación mundialista en la que doce selecciones se disputarán tres plazas para Sudáfrica 2010.
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More Tijuana & The Border News
Aug. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Appeals court annuls ruling that ordered U.S. teen to Mexico:A teenage U.S. citizen avoided what amounted to temporary banishment when a state appeals court reversed a San Diego Superior Court judge's decision ordering him to continue living with his grandparents in Tijuana and not come back to the United States while on probation.
Aug. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Official seeking binational effort to curb pollution: Saying binational cooperation is crucial for improving air quality on the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico's top environmental official called yesterday for the establishment of 15 cross-border pollution control districts.
UNIVERSAL CITY, 6:29 p.m. Aug. 14 (AP)
Schwarzenegger says U.S.-Mexico border unites: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday urged fellow governors on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to cooperate on issues from water management to building a green economy.
SAN YSIDRO, Aug. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexico criticizes shooting at border: The shooting of a Mexican man by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a rock-throwing incident west of the San Ysidro border crossing drew a rebuke yesterday from the Mexican Consulate in San Diego and a demand that U.S. authorities conduct a “thorough investigation.”
SAN YSIDRO, Aug. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Binational group forms to address border issues: The San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with all five Baja California border cities and with chambers of commerce from here to Calexico to create the Binational Chamber of Border Commerce.
TIJUANA, Aug. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Families deported from U.S. find helping hand at shelter: Mexican families deported from the United States to Tijuana have a new place where they can contemplate their next move during their time of uncertainty.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., 5:00 a.m. Aug. 11 (REUTERS)
Mexico smugglers ply sea route to California: Mexican smugglers are cramming illegal immigrants and drugs into boats and ferrying them to California by sea to try to beat the tightened security on the U.S. land border, authorities say.
Aug. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Outspoken Mexican general being transferred: It started with a single, random gunshot inside a Brazilian restaurant in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California.
TIJUANA, Aug. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
External container gas sales restricted: Gas station owners in Tijuana and Rosarito have agreed to restrict gasoline sales for external containers, hindering Americans looking to take lower-cost, government-subsidized fuel back to the United States.
TIJUANA, Aug. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
2 California cops arrested in Tijuana: Two Northern California police officers could face up to 20 years in a Mexican prison after being caught in Tijuana with firearms and about 6,000 rounds of ammunition, authorities said.
TUCSON, Ariz., 11:44 a.m. Aug. 6 (AP)
Mexican soldiers enter Arizona, hold agent briefly: Federal authorities say four Mexican soldiers crossed into Arizona and briefly held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint before realizing where they were and returning to Mexico.
Aug. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
2 children rescued in ransom attempt: After U.S. Border Patrol agents twice stopped their efforts to enter the country illegally south of Imperial Beach, a Mexican couple decided to just go back home.
7:29 p.m. Aug. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexican agents found with cash could face jail: Two Mexican federal police agents found with more $500,000 in cash at a residence in suburban Los Angeles could face up to four years in a U.S. prison, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said yesterday.
SAN DIEGO, July 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
49 people found hiding in water truck: Forty-nine people being smuggled into the United States were found yesterday packed inside the metal tank of a water truck that a Border Patrol agent noticed near the notorious Smuggler's Gulch.
July 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Tijuana, Rosarito Beach reporting gas shortages:TIJUANA: Gasoline stations in Tijuana and in Rosarito Beach are closing for up to 24 hours because of a continuing fuel shortage.
July 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Craft-beer festival slated for weekend:TIJUANA – Beers from Baja California, California and beyond will be featured during this weekend's craft-beer festival on Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana.
July 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Bid details expected soon for big port project: TIJUANA – Mexico's federal government plans to publish bid specifications for the massive Punta Colonet container port and rail project south of Ensenada by the end of September, Luis Téllez, the country's secretary of transportation and communications, said yesterday.
TIJUANA, 4:22 p.m. July 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Fuel shortage shutting down Baja gas stations: Gasoline stations in this city and in Rosarito Beach are closing down for up to 24 hours because of a fuel shortage.
SAN YSIDRO, 5:44 p.m. July 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Four arrested on human smuggling charges: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry found five Mexican citizens concealed in three vehicles during a three-hour span early Wednesday, authorities said.
TIJUANA, 7:28 p.m. July 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexico to publish bid specs for Punta Colonet port: Mexico's federal government plans to publish bid specifications for the massive Punta Colonet container port and rail project south of Ensenada by the end of September, Luis Tellez, the country's secretary of transportation and communications, said Thursday.
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