In January, when thousands of rifle-toting, fatigue wearing National Guard troops arrived in Tijuana, residents were relieved. A year later, the increased militarization in Tijuana has so far done little to slow the violence in the border city.
The Mexican border town of Tijuana is shown in the distance near the Tijuana Estuary, foreground, near Imperial Beach, Calif., Jan. 7, 2008.
“They were intimidating when they first got here,” Cortes, who makes her living selling second-hand clothes at Tijuana’s various flea markets, said. “They had a real presence. We thought, ‘wow, how cool, now we’re protected.’”Maria Cortes selling second-hand clothes in a Tijuana flea market in November 2022.
It started in the 2000s as a temporary solution to combat cartel violence, said Cecilia Farfan Mendez, head of security research programs for the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego. In September, López Obrador went a step further by passing a law that formally made the federal police force part of the military. So far, however, he has little to show for his efforts, experts who track Mexico’s militarization say.
Currently, a meme is circulating around town making fun of the fact that National Guard troops like to shop at flea markets during their patrols.“They come from places like Guerrero and Oaxaca, where it’s difficult to buy American brands,” she said. “So when they come to Tijuana and enter the flea markets they find Nike shoes and do a double take.”
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