Ismael Burgueño will take office as Tijuana's new mayor on October 1, with one issue almost completely dominating the city's agenda: soaring levels of violence.
The municipality has recorded almost 1,000 homicides in the first half of the year, practically the same amount as in all of 2023. Most of the cases are related to drug trafficking but other cases like femicides have also seen a spike, with Tijuana recording 18 such crimes in the first half of the year, also almost twice as many as during all of 2023.
