Bodies & Body Parts From War in Mexico Foul Imperial Beach Waters, But Surf Is Up!
The war in Mexico between drug dealers and the government last year saw more than 5,300 killed, including 843 just across border in the 120-year old city of Tijuana. Its neighbor to the north is Imperial Beach, CA.
North and south of the Imperial Beach Pier is the Tijuana Estuary at the famed Boca Rio beachbreak. The Tijuana Sloughs is a fabled big-wave surf spot is now almost unrideable due to raw toxic sewage that flows into the break from the Tijuana River.
Now the war in Mexico is literally lapping up against Imperial Beach because so many dead bodies and dismembered bodies are being flushed into the area from the river that the danger to surfers has never been so high.
Because warning signs and health risk notices are not keeping surfers away, a nonprofit environmental group based in Imperial Group called WildCoast, is offering free Hepatitis A vaccines for surfers. In partnership with San Diego State University's Graduate School of Public Health, WildCoast is offering the vaccines at the Imperial Beach Health Center.
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