Violence in tijuana increasing

[Borderwatch]

Drug-related killings surge in Tijuana

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-tijuana-violence17-2009dec17,0,1731662.story

Reporting from San Diego - More than 45 people have been killed in Tijuana since Saturday in grisly drug violence that appears to signal the end of a nearly yearlong truce between rival crime bosses, according to Mexican authorities.

Drug violence overwhelms Tijuana

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iT5mo54eRbvkU-N2NZtiW91TGBMQD9CK4VUG0

So far, more than 300 people have been killed in turf battles between rival drug traffickers and shootouts between gangs and federal security forces. Scores of bodies are buried in paupers' graves after not being claimed by their families.

Severed heads of 6 police found in Mexican plaza

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMi5B2USfJStXxfqgWWr2xjRYpOgD9CKQ6480

Tijuana sees 20 more murders since Friday; 575 year-to-date

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-12-15/mexico/tijuana-sees-20-more-murders-since-friday-575-year-to-date#ixzz0Zuu0E7NK