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Border City

Border City is the story of a journalist who in 1994 impulsively leaves her job and family in Washington, D.C., to report on Tijuana, Mexico, a city commonly known for drug violence and illegal immigration into the U.S. She expects to stay on the border a year, maybe two. But her plans change as she is drawn deeper and deeper into the different worlds that converge at the biggest crossing point on the U.S.-Mexico border.

True Crime Society & Culture Documentary
Update frequency
every 8 days
Average duration
26 minutes
Episodes
11
Years Active
2022 - 2025
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Introducing: Pandora’s Box: The Fall of L.A.’s Sheriff

Introducing: Pandora’s Box: The Fall of L.A.’s Sheriff

Pandora’s Box: The Fall of L.A.’s Sheriff is a six-part true crime investigation from the Los Angeles Times about one of the biggest law enforcement scandals in U.S. history.

Follow Pulitzer Prize–win…

00:08:21  |   Tue 09 Sep 2025
Introducing: Rebuilding L.A.

Introducing: Rebuilding L.A.

Please enjoy the first episode of the latest from L.A. Times Studios, Rebuilding L.A.

L.A. Times reporter Liam Dillon joins us to talk about where we are in the moment as residents assess the path for…

00:35:29  |   Wed 11 Jun 2025
Resilience and hope

Resilience and hope

A random accident forces Sandra to slow down and embrace her life on the border. New waves of migrants arrive in Tijuana, pushed by violence, poverty, and political upheaval and fueled by dreams of r…
00:34:53  |   Tue 24 May 2022
Tijuana's rocky rebirth

Tijuana's rocky rebirth

Artists, chefs and ordinary citizens point the way to a revitalized Tijuana, even as the city faces new challenges. Sandra faces challenges too. Two deaths in her own family.
00:28:55  |   Tue 17 May 2022
Tijuanenses fight back

Tijuanenses fight back

Doctors in their white coats protest the violence, while some young musicians refuse to stay home, and an arts promoter opens a new gallery. Sandra feels caught between two worlds as she flies back a…
00:29:42  |   Tue 10 May 2022
Upheaval in the cartels

Upheaval in the cartels

The Arellano cartel grows weaker as its top leaders fall, but the violence continues. Threats strike new fears in the highest echelons of law enforcement. The Tijuana opera hosts an inaugural perform…
00:32:39  |   Tue 03 May 2022
Gun battles and concerts

Gun battles and concerts

Sandra covers the assassination of another police chief and the arrest of a powerful drug suspect. She also sings with the Tijuana opera and invites friends from both sides of the border to a concert…
00:27:14  |   Tue 26 Apr 2022
A journalist is shot

A journalist is shot

Sandra ponders the fine line that separates danger from safety in this city of contrasts. A prominent Tijuana journalist is ambushed and a family falls victim to the Arellano cartel. But she also see…
00:26:47  |   Tue 19 Apr 2022
Building a life

Building a life

The kidnapping of a prominent maquiladora executive — and the threatening presence of the Arellano drug cartel — overshadow the city’s ambitious effort to boost its image. But like many Tijuana resid…
00:31:24  |   Tue 12 Apr 2022
Crime and friendship

Crime and friendship

Sandra Dibble expected to stay in Tijuana a year. Instead she found herself drawn into the worlds that intersect at this crossroads of the Americas. Journalists. Migrants. Artists. Drug gangs. Tijuan…
00:30:09  |   Tue 05 Apr 2022
LA Times Presents | Border City

LA Times Presents | Border City

Border City is a different kind of story about the U.S.-Mexico border, told by a reporter who has spent more than 25 years trying to understand the dynamics of Tijuana, Mexico, and its relationship t…

00:02:04  |   Thu 24 Mar 2022
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