Kate Linthicum

Los Angeles Times

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Kate Linthicum is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She covers Latin America from Mexico City.

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The drug war has made Tijuana one of the deadliest cities in the world. That’s why analysts say that Julián Leyzaola has a good shot at winning Tijuana’s mayoral election this weekend.

Tijuana's next mayor could be a wheelchair-using gunslinger

The drug war has made Tijuana one of the deadliest cities in the world. That’s why analysts say that Julián Leyzaola has a good shot at winning Tijuana’s mayoral election this weekend.

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Tijuana has become one of the deadliest cities in the world. Last year, there were more than 2500 homicides, compared to 34 in San Diego just across the border and about the same size.

In Tijuana, drug dealers fight over the growing local meth market

Tijuana has become one of the deadliest cities in the world. Last year, there were more than 2500 homicides, compared to 34 in San Diego just across the border and about the same size.

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Hopes dim for a DACA fix and infrastructure deal.

Another school shooting, and no immigration deal

Hopes dim for a DACA fix and infrastructure deal.

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