Mayor of Mexican border city of Tijuana living at army base after receiving threats
The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana says she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats MEXICO CITY -- The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana said she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats . Mayor Montserrat Caballero announced the decision after confirming that police had found seven dead bodies stuffed in a pickup truck on Monday. “I have received threats , so I am going to live at the base,” Caballero said. Local media reported the army base is on the southern edge of Tijuana, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the city hall. Caballero did not say who the threats had come from. But it is well known that several drug cartels are waging turf battles in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the threats had been made by “organized crime groups,” a term used in Mexico to refer to drug cartels. López Obrador said the same t...