Tijuana Mayor forced to relocate to army base amidst threats and gruesome discovery.

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Tijuana Mayor forced to relocate to army base amidst threats and gruesome discovery.
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Tijuana Mayor Montserrat Caballero has decided to live at an army base for her own safety after receiving threats. The decision was announced after police found seven dead bodies stuffed in a pickup truck on Monday. Killings in Tijuana have risen by about 9% in the last 12 months, and the city has more homicides than any other city in Mexico. Several drug cartels are waging turf battles in Tijuana, and mayors have been targets of violence before in Mexico.

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