Drug-Smuggling Tijuana Architect Tells Local Media He Was Coerced

On Sunday, U-T San Diego border reporter Sandra Dibble conveyed to readers the shocking case of well-known Tijuana architect (and U.S. citizen) Eugenio Velázquez. After being caught at the border trying to smuggle 12 pounds of cocaine into San Diego, he is scheduled for sentencing in December.

The coverage likely had a lot to do with an even more shocking letter, sent on Tuesday by Velázquez to local Tijuana media. Dibble has confirmed with the 51-year-old man’s attorney that the correspondence is from him.

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