Tijuana enclave feels sting of escalating border strife
Tagged: border, border patrol, TijuanaPosted on: December 14th, 2007
In an escalation of clashes between U.S. Border Patrol agents and rock-throwing smugglers, agents have begun launching pepper spray and tear gas into densely populated Mexican border neighborhoods, according to witnesses, Mexican authorities and human rights groups.
The more aggressive approach reflects the tense climate in this city’s most notorious smuggling neighborhood, Colonia Libertad, where U.S. agents say they have had to counter human traffickers’ increasingly aggressive tactics by ramping up their own use of force.”*
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