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 officials said, a shocking, significant escalation of violence across the border in areas that Californians regularly visit. Reports that the Jalisco New Generation cartel had declared a curfew in Tijuana also began to circulate online, emptying many of the usually busy streets of the popular border town.
