Chula Vista
Coverage of Chula Vista in the Nexus archive.
- Alleged drug kingpin accused of smuggling drugs across US-Mexico border through railway tunnel
Genaro Lopez, 54, was arraigned in federal court for allegedly using an underground tunnel to smuggle drugs into the U.S. from Mexico. Authorities seized significant quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, and a tunnel with a rail system was discovered during investigations.
- Alleged drug kingpin accused of smuggling drugs across US-Mexico border through railway tunnel
Genaro Lopez, 54, was arraigned in federal court for allegedly using a cross-border tunnel to smuggle drugs into the U.S. from Mexico. Authorities discovered the tunnel in 2022 and seized large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl during investigations. Lopez, who fled to Mexico after a 2021 search, was extradited in March 2023 and faces drug trafficking charges without bond.
- Alleged drug kingpin accused of smuggling drugs across US-Mexico border through railway tunnel
Genaro Lopez, a 54-year-old alleged drug trafficker, was arraigned in federal court for using a cross-border tunnel to smuggle drugs into the U.S. from Mexico. Authorities discovered the tunnel in 2022 and seized significant quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl during raids on his stash houses in Chula Vista and National City. Lopez was extradited from Mexico after evading capture for over a year.
- Conservative nonprofit files lawsuit seeking to scrap state testing standards
The Institute for Reforming Government, a conservative nonprofit, is suing the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction over a 2024 standards-setting meeting for the Forward Exam, alleging violations of open meetings law. The lawsuit, supported by the Wisconsin Transparency Project, challenges the meeting's secrecy, nondisclosure agreements, and costs, seeking to void the resulting testing standards. The DPI claims compliance with legal requirements and criticizes the lawsuit as a political effort.