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Mar 2022
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LA Times Presents | Border City

Los Angeles Times
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Border City is a new LA Times Presents podcast from The San Diego Union-Tribune. From Sandra Dibble, a reporter who spent more than 25 years covering the border, comes a story about beauty, violence and belonging in Tijuana, one of the world's most dangerous cities. Dibble arrived in Tijuana in 1994 expecting to stay a year, maybe two. Instead she found her ... Show More
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Sandra Dibble expected to stay in Tijuana a year. Instead she found herself drawn into the worlds that intersect at this crossroads of the Americas. Journalists. Migrants. Artists. Drug gangs. Tijuana is a place where paths converge, often in unexpected ways. 
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The kidnapping of a prominent maquiladora executive — and the threatening presence of the Arellano drug cartel — overshadow the city’s ambitious effort to boost its image. But like many Tijuana residents, Sandra feels little personal danger as she settles into her new life and ex ... Show More
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A journalist is shot
Sandra ponders the fine line that separates danger from safety in this city of contrasts. A prominent Tijuana journalist is ambushed and a family falls victim to the Arellano cartel. But she also sees another side of the city, as her friend Angela throws her a surprise birthday p ... Show More
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