Safety Resources
Testimonies by most recent group leaders (4/15/2010)
Testimony from recent volunteer groups, Western Washington University (4/2/2010)
Hugo Salinas, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Attorney General of Tijuana
- Letter from Consulate General of United States clarifying travel warning does not include Tijuana (4/10/2010)
- Security letter to volunteer groups (3/19/2010)
- U.S. Department of State Travel Warning (03/14/2010)
- Letter from Bishop Eusebio Elizondo (05/06/2009)
Letter allowing travel for Catholic youth groups (PDF) - Safety Concerns in the Tijuana Area of Mexico (11/14/2009)
Memo from Esperanza International (PDF) - Letter from Eduardo Reyes (03/09/2009)
Esperanza staff member in Tijuana - Memo from the Trans Border Intstitute (10/01/2008)
Monitors drug-related killings - Statement from the Latin American Studies Center
Monitors drug-related killings - Letter from Aimee Khuu
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Dan Henderson
Esperanza board president
Articles
- Mexico travel alert prompts local colleges to warn students (3/15/2010)
Article from North County Times (nctimes.com) - Decision on Americans' departure was before deaths (3/15/2010)
Article from San Diego Union Tribune (signonsandiego.com) - Relatives of Tijuana consulate employees may return to U.S. (3/14/2010)
Article from San Diego Union Tribune (signonsandiego.com) - Napolitano: "Violence has Decreased (10/01/2008)
Article from Frontera (PDF) - Drug War Violence Down (10/01/2008)
Article from the Los Angeles Times (PDF) - Drug-War Toll Down From Late 2008
Article from the Latin American Herald Tribune - Debunking Drug Violence (04/16/2009)
Article from Texas Tech Today (PDF) - 79% decrease in executions (04/12/2009)
Article from El Mexicano (PDF) - Spring Travelers Detour from Baja (03/23/2009)
Article from the San Diego Union-Tribune (PDF) - Experience of Ruth Jackson (03/2009)
Director, Univ. of Riverside (in California) - The Mexican Evolution (03/24/2009)
Article from the New York Times (PDF) - U.S. Vistors are Safe in Mexico (04/2009)
Article from Frontera - U.S. Agencies Advise Caution (03/24/2009)
Article from the San Diego Union-Tribune (PDF)
Group Leader and Participant Letters
- Letter from Seán Bray (03/18/2009)
Social Justice Minister, Seattle Univ. Campus Ministry - Statements from Members of a Volunteer Group
Catholic Center, USC - Letter from Lucy Cunningham
Special Projects Manager, SDSU - Letter from Christopher Dubé (PDF) (04/25/2009)
Esperanza volunteer (PDF) - Letter from Susette Horspool (04/2009)
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from John Muskopf
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Steve Schroer
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Bill Leas
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Anna Tran
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Molly Bone
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Dan Pogacsnik
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Noe Crespo
Group coordinator, SDSU - Letter from Rick Barker
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Thomas Foose (04/20/2009)
Esperanza volunteer - Letter from Ellen Smrekar (04/21/2009)
Esperanza volunteer