The Region - News from May 19, 1985
About 30 Guardian Angel volunteer crime fighters crossed the Mexican border at Tijuana to deter crime but almost got arrested themselves. Mexican State Judicial Police officials said the crime-fighting group was not welcome in Mexico and warned that the Guardian Angels might be arrested if they defy authorities. As 19 of the volunteers patrolled a border neighborhood, a Mexican police commander ordered them to stop or face arrest. “They have no business coming here,” said police Commandant David Bolanos Camara.
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