I-TIJUANA-UMarcos Rojas, umlungiseleli kwi-Tequila Restaurant, ujikeleza i-Plaza Viva Tijuana, enomdla wokuphalaza kabini kubakhenkethi. Eli sango lokungena edolophini lalisoloko lixinekile kubahambi bosuku lweCarlifonia, iintsapho zaseMidwestern kunye nomthwalo webhasi wabakhenkethi baseJamani nabaseJapan.
Kodwa imivalo engenanto kunye namashishini avaliweyo ngoku ayodlula abantu abaxubana kufutshane nomthombo owaphukileyo. URojas, ofumana iingcebiso ngokwenza umboniso we-slamming tequila etafileni aze awathulule emqaleni wabathengi, uthi kuye kwiveki oko enze elinye lamaqhinga akhe okusayina, ejikelezisa abakhenkethi emagxeni akhe.
“Jonga ngapha, ifile,” watsho.
Kwibala lokulala, ezantsi kwindlela ehamba yodwa ehamba phambili ekhokelela kwintlambo yesithili sabakhenkethi eAvenida Revolucion, abathengi abadiniweyo kunye nabathengisi beeklabhu abakhuphisanayo bakhuphisana nokuntywila kwabaxumi, ngelixa abathengisi bexesha elidala bethe nostalgic ngeentsuku apho idolophu enedolophu Umtsalane utsale izigidi zabakhenkethi, kubandakanya inkwenkwezi yaseHollywood ebibakho ngamanye amaxesha.
Ubundlobongela bukaTijuana kutshanje bubonakala buqhube esinye isikhonkwane kwibhokisi yomzi mveliso wezokhenketho esele idume ngokuduma kwabakhenkethi kunye nemivalo yokuhamba kunye nokulinda ixesha elide kumda wokuwela umda wase-US-Mexico.
Ukutyelelwa kwehle ngama-90% ukusukela ngo-2005, xa kuqikelelwa ukuba yi-4.5 yezigidi yeza kule ndawo, ngokombutho wabarhwebi edolophini. Ngomhla ophakathi ngoku, ngabakhenkethi abamalunga ne-150 kuphela abaza kubakho, utshilo umbutho. Abanye badibana nembonakalo yeTijuana yamva nje: ingxolo yeenqanawa ezigcwele amajoni axhobileyo phantsi kweAvenida Revolucion.
UGrant Bourne, oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala wase-Australia, uthathe ikhefu ekutyeleleni iilwandle zaseSan Diego ukuze achithe imva kwemini eTijuana, apho athe wamangaliswa kukwahluka okukhoyo phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini.
Umbono ongaqhelekanga wamajoni ecaleni kwe-Plaza Santa Cecilia ezaliswe yimariachi watyebisa utyelelo lwakhe ngendlela engqubanayo yenkcubeko, watsho, kwaye ubukho bomkhosi ngokuqinisekileyo bamenza waziva ekhuselekile. Kodwa wayecebe ukuhlala edolophini, watsho, kuba "kwathiwa mandingahambeli kude kakhulu kwesi sitrato."
Ukuwa kokhenketho kulusizi ngakumbi, abathengisi abaninzi kunye nabakhenkethi bathi, kuba abantu banokungazi ukuba iiprojekthi zangoku zokuhombisa kunye nokuhlaselwa kwamapolisa kushiye indawo ikhuselekile kwaye inesiporiyeli kunokuba ibinjalo kwiminyaka.
Imigwaqo ehamba emithini ibonisa ukulungiswa kweendlela kunye neendlela. Amapolisa athe abatshabalalisa abo basebenzise iziyobisi. Zimnkile nazo uninzi lwabangqibi kunye nabakhweli. Kwimivalo yeebhalkhoni, abanini beeklabhu bayalile umthamo wokuqhekeka kweendlebe.
Iivenkile ezininzi zibonisa iimveliso ezikumgangatho ophezulu: isilivere evela kwiTaxco, izinto zodongwe zaseTalavera ezivela eMichoacan, ezenziwe ngeglasi nezemveliso yesikhumba. Ii-cigar zaseCuba kwimizi-mveliso evunyiweyo ethengisa ziyinyani, kwaye abakhenkethi banokufumana ifenitshala eyenziwe ngokwesiko kunye neepinatas kwimarike yezobugcisa nembali.
"Yiyo kanye le imele idolophu yaseTijuana," utshilo u-Andres Mendez Martinez, umququzeleli wombutho wabarhwebi. "Iimveliso ezisemgangathweni kunye neempahla zesintu ezivela kulo lonke elaseMexico."
Okwangoku, bayavuma, ayisiyiyo le nto iTijuana idume ngayo kwezi ntsuku. Ziimfazwe ezinamagazi phakathi kwamapolisa nolwaphulo-mthetho oluhleliweyo olwenza iintloko.
Ukusukela nge-1 kaJanuwari, bangaphezulu kwama-50 abantu ababulewe esixekweni, abanye babulawa kuqhushumbo lwasendle oloyikisayo ababukeli. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, amapolisa afumanisa ulwaphulo-mthetho olufihliweyo kufutshane nedolophu abathi babandakanya indawo yoqeqesho yamadoda abethwayo azalisekise uluhlu lokudubula olungenazandi.
Kutshanje, indawo yokutyela ekumgangatho ophezulu iHacienda Cien Años, neyakhe yakha abakhenkethi, yachongwa ngabasemagunyeni base-US njengendawo ehamba phambili ngokuthengisa imali.
Idolophu yedolophu izaliswe ngamanzi namapolisa kwaye ubukhulu becala ibingenabo ubundlobongela. Akukho bantu babukeleyo ababuleweyo kolu dubulo. Ukuchaswa kwamapolisa ohambo olonakeleyo kukhokelele kwiingxelo ezimbalwa zokuphanga, kwaye abathengisi baxela kwangoko amagosa amisa abakhenkethi ngaphandle kwesizathu, ngokutsho kwamapolisa.
Okwangoku, umfanekiso ombi ujinga ngaphezulu kwesixeko. Ngokwenyani, ubundlobongela abujolisanga kubakhenkethi. Kuphakathi kwabarhwebi beziyobisi, izaphuli-mthetho kunye namapolisa. Kodwa abakhenkethi abawazi umahluko, ”utshilo uVictor Clark Alfaro, umlawuli weZiko leLizwe laseTijuana lamalungelo oluntu.
Okwangoku, abathengisi bathi nabanye babo abangoyikiyo ziingxelo zolwaphulo-mthetho banokuba madolw 'anzima ukutyelela ngenxa yeemfuno ezintsha, ezingqingqwa kubantu baseMelika abangena eMelika besuka eMexico- kwaye boyika ukuba imigaqo iyakwenza ukuba uwele umda kancinci.
Abemi base-US babedla ngokudlula kumda wokuwela kunye nezibhengezo zomlomo zobumi. Ngoku kufuneka babonise ubungqina bobumi kunye nesazisi.
“Abantu baseMelika babeno-9/11; besine 1/31, utshilo u-Rojas, umlungiseleli, ebhekisa kumhla wokuqala ukusebenza kwemithetho emitsha.
Ngenjongo yokunciphisa inguqu kwiimfuno ezingqongqo, amagosa ezokhenketho eBaja California kutsha nje abhengeze inkqubo entsha ebizwa ngokuba yi "Fumana ipasipoti yakho" enikezela ngezaphulelo kwiihotele ezithile nakwiivenkile zokutyela kubantu abaneepasipoti zaseMelika.
Kwiintsuku zokuqala zokhenketho lwaseTijuana, kwii-1920s kunye nee-1930s, uqoqosho lwakhula ngokukhawuleza ngokutya abantu baseMelika ngokuthanda ububi, kwaye ubutyebi bezokhenketho besixeko kudala benyuka kwaye bawa ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemeko yentlalo kunye noqoqosho emantla emda. I-kasino ye-Agua Caliente yekhasino kunye nomdyarho weembaleki wakhula ngexesha loThintelo kwaye watsalela iinkwenkwezi zaseHollywood ezinje ngoCharlie Chaplin noGary Cooper. Kwixesha lasemva kwemfazwe, ukukhula kukaSan Diego njengezibuko lomkhosi wamanzi wase-US kubonelele ngokuzinzileyo koomatiloshe abafuna ulonwabo.
Ukuhamba kwabakhenkethi kwenyuka ngee-1970s, zitsho iingcali kunye nabarhwebi ekudala bekho, kodwa ukuphela komdyarho wamahashe kunye nokuvalwa kwebala le-jai alai kwii-1990s zokuqala kwaqala ukwehla okuzinzileyo. Kunye neAvenida Revolucion, imivalo kunye neeklabhu zasebusuku ezinikezela ngolwamkelo olufudumeleyo kubantu abasela abangaphantsi kweminyaka bavulelwe ukuthatha ubuvila.
Kuphela zizinto ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ezishiyekileyo.
Kwindawo yokutyela yaseKesare eyimbali, ezibiza ngokuba yindlu "eqinisekisiweyo ngokusemthethweni" yesaladi kaKesare, umfanekiso kaPaul McCartney ephunga imargarita ijinga ngaphezulu kwebhari. I-bartender, exakeke ngumdlalo wechess kunye nomthengi oyedwa, imibuzo egxothiweyo malunga notyelelo lwangaphambili lwe-Beatle. Ngeli xesha, umlungiseleli wayexakekile exhoma umqondiso kuthutho ngaphandle - kwiKlabhu yamaKhesare yaMadoda. Ebusuku, iholo yesidlo sangaphambili emva kwendawo yokutyela iba yiklabhu yomtya. Umlindi wathi, “Yiza mva.” "Imidaniso yeyama-20 eedola kuphela."
Kude ezantsi eAvenida Revolucion, amakhwenkwe atyhala izihlangu kunye nokukhonkotha phezulu bakhuphisana ngokutyelelwa ngabakhenkethi, bephosa imigca enje ngala "Ngaba unemizuzu eMexico, mnumzana?" Imivalo emininzi inika zonke iziselo zokusela. Abahlali bapakisha i-casino yaseCaliente, kunye ne-10-cent yayo. Abafana bancenga abantu abadlulayo ukuba bafake imifanekiso kwi-zebra zaseTijuana, iidonki zipeyintwe mhlophe ngemigca emnyama ebonisa ubuqili beTijuana.
Kwakuninzi kakhulu kuJames Osborne, undwendwe oluneminyaka engama-25 ubudala lwase-Iowa. Emi phantsi komqondiso othi "Buya ngokukhawuleza ama-Amigos", wathi utyelelo lwakhe lwemizuzu eli-15 nomhlobo lude kakhulu. Sanele ngokwaneleyo. Wonke umntu uzama ukukungxolisa. ”
UKeith noDiane Heuser, iingcali zolawulo lwezibhedlele ezivela eIowa, baba namava ahlukileyo.
Esi sibini kunye nabahlobo babo bathenga ibhatyi yesikhumba eyi- $ 180 kunye nomgexo wesilivere, batya i-chile rellenos kwaye basela imargaritas. “Sinexesha elimnandi. Kuyacutheka kodwa kuyonwabisa, utshilo uKeith Heuser, ngelixa wayetshaya icuba yaseCuba ekuzithobeni ndedwa iAvenida Revolucion.
Kwakuqhele ukubonakala ngathi iTijuana inokutsala ubonelelo olungapheliyo lwabakhenkethi abanjengo-Heusers.
"Asizange sicinge ukuba abakhenkethi bangayeka ukuza," utshilo uClark Alfaro weZiko leLizwe lamaLungelo oluNtu. "Linyala."
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