Calexico

Fish and Wildlife Service agents uncovered his crimes in 2023 when they intercepted three baby Mexican spider monkeys that had been smuggled across the border in Calexico by someone working for him, prosecutors said.

Jennifer Aguilar said he got a job in a travel agency in the California border city of Calexico.

In California, privately run detentions centers operate in McFarland and Bakersfield in the Central Valley, near the border in Calexico and in Adelanto in San Bernardino County.

Kamala Harris volunteers to stand guard in Calexico with a giant inflatable mallet, because she has nothing better to do.

Earlier this year in the county, moderate Democrats in Calexico, an almost entirely Latino border city, led a successful recall campaign against two young, progressive members of the City Council, including its first out transgender member, Raúl Ureña, who accused opponents of transphobia.