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This page was last updated on 09/06/2007

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Jorge Hank Rhon -- Tijuana's mayor

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More than 300 people were killed in Tijuana in 2006.
Tijuana and the surrounding communities are a key battle-ground for control of drug smuggling routes into the United States. The city and the state of Baja California have suffered increased kidnappings and killings of drug traffickers, police officers, business owners and bystanders.

Operation Tijuana

As part of a plan to crackdown on Mexico's dangerous drug trade, President Calderon implemented operations in Michoacan and the border city of Tijuana to crack down on drug cartels in the regions.

Army troops were deployed in the city and soldiers were sent to police stations to check for documents and weapons of 100s of officers.

Federal investigators allege that there is a corrupt network of police in the city supporting traffickers smuggling cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana across the border into the United States.

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