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Tijuana cartel violence caused border traffic to plummet. Now it's getting back to normal

Violence in Mexico's border towns during the weekend significantly cut the usual flood of visitors making the trek from California down to Tijuana, Ensenada and Rosarito. By Tuesday, however, things appeared to return to normal. Businesses kept their doors open and the hourslong traffic to go through border checkpoints to the United States were back. At least two dozen vehicles were hijacked ...
Cars line up on the Mexico side of the border at the Tijuana- San Ysidro border crossing as they wait to enter the United States on Aug. 10, 2022.

Violence in Mexico's border towns during the weekend significantly cut the usual flood of visitors making the trek from California down to Tijuana, Ensenada and Rosarito.

By Tuesday, however, things appeared to return to normal. Businesses kept their doors open and the hourslong traffic to go through border checkpoints to the United States were back.

At least two dozen vehicles were hijacked and burned around Baja California on Friday, state of the popular border town.

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