The expert says that, although drug cartel violence in Tijuana appears to have penetrated the border, it's a far cry from the violence seen in Mexico.
The expert says that, although drug cartel violence in Tijuana appears to have penetrated the border, it's a far cry from the violence seen in MexicoIn the past two months, there have been multiple violent incidents on the streets of San Diego that — at least one expert told NBC 7's sister station, Telemundo 20 — could be linked to Mexican cartels.
This presence of cartels in the United States has been since been noted since the early 1990, but it's been a decades-long problem to the south. San Diego is a major border crossing for drug trafficking, and, on the other side of the border in Tijuana, as many as nine executions have taken place. According to Clark Alfaro, an expert on binational issues, on Feb. 17 in the UTC area of La Jolla, near the parking lot of the Palisade apartment complex, a man opened fire on a vehicle, hitting Christian Espinoza Silver, known as El Chato and who, according to Clark Alfaro, has ties to organized crime. On March 26, James Bryant Corona, known as El Apache, was shot outside Chili's restaurant in Chula Vista.
"... in California, the legal and judicial system is more effective in prosecuting and punishing criminal activity, which deters the cartels from using overt violence as we see on the Mexican side," Clark Alfaro said.
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