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Texas AG Ken Paxton campaign ad mistakenly implicates Donald Trump

Texas AG Ken Paxton campaign ad mistakenly implicates Donald Trump

At the start of a video blaming Democrats for a laundry list of problems, a narrator says in an ominous baritone, “Do they know what they have done?”

Moments later, a free-for-all of migrants are shown charging at the U.S. border from Tijuana, Mexico — part of a tribute to “tireless conservative warrior” Ken Paxton, the embattled attorney general of Texas. The video debuted last month at the Texas GOP Convention and Paxton posted it on social media.

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Bodies found in Mexico likely those of missing surfers: authorities

Bodies found in Mexico likely those of missing surfers: authorities

Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - The physical characteristics of three bodies found in Mexico's Baja California state resemble those of two Australian brothers and their American friend who went missing while on a surfing trip, local authorities said Saturday. State prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade said that the bodies, found Friday dumped in a shaft atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, were in an "advanced state of decomposition," complicating identification. "However," she added, "given their clothing and certain characteristics such as long hair and specific physical descriptions, we have high......
Mother of slain Tijuana photojournalist asks Mexico's deputy interior minister for justice

Mother of slain Tijuana photojournalist asks Mexico's deputy interior minister for justice

TIJUANA, Mexico — The mother of slain photojournalist Margarito Martínez Esquivel asked Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, Mexico's deputy interior minister responsible for human rights, for justice Thursday during a forum in Tijuana about the failed system meant to protect journalists. "I only ask for justice. All I want to ask of you is justice for my son because my son, sir, was a good man. He was dedicated to his work and his family," said Eglantina Esquivel, who also worked at one time as a reporter and journalist in Tijuana and Baja California. At a forum to sign a collaboration agreement betw......
In their own words: Families talk about their endless search for Mexico's missing

In their own words: Families talk about their endless search for Mexico's missing

BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico — They are called los desaparecidos — the disappeared. The term gained popularity among extralegal military and police forces in Argentina in the mid-1970s, describing people taken by government-backed armed forces. They vanished without a trace into a world void of human and legal rights. Today there is a different war being waged in Mexico, and a new class of los desaparecidos. More than 79,000 people have disappeared in the country, the vast majority since 2006 when former president Felipe Calderón launched Mexico's war on drugs. Tijuana, a sprawling metropolis of 2.......
Mexican soldiers find biggest marijuana farm ever

Mexican soldiers find biggest marijuana farm ever

TIJUANA, Mexico — A Mexican military commander said Thursday that his soldiers discovered a record-busting marijuana plantation 120 hectares (nearly 300 acres) large in the state of Baja California.