Mexican cities along border want their due

Mayors form coalition to 'make more noise'
By Diane Lindquist
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

July 14, 2007

TIJUANA – Mayors from across northern Mexico formed a new organization yesterday to push border issues higher on the Mexican government's agenda.
Ten mayors from mostly northwestern border cities created the Association of Northern Mexico Border Municipalities after a two-day meeting at the Camino Real Hotel in Tijuana.

“Here at the border we feel abandoned by the rest of the country because they don't understand our problems. We as a bloc need to make more noise,â€