Mexicali

American

[mek-si-kal-ee, me-hee-kah-lee] / ˌmɛk sɪˈkæl i, ˌmɛ hiˈkɑ li /

noun

a city in and the capital of Baja California, in NW Mexico, on the Mexican-U.S. border.

Mexicali British

/ ˌmɛksɪˈkɑːlɪ, mɛxiˈkali /

noun

a city in NW Mexico, capital of Baja California (Norte) state, on the border with the US adjoining Calexico, California: centre of a rich irrigated agricultural region. Pop: 840 000 (2005 est)

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She was arrested Saturday at a hotel in the Ferrocarril neighborhood of Mexicali, according to the Baja California Citizen Security Secretariat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

One U.S. labor official, according to Ngai, reported that 88 deportees died of heat exhaustion or sunstroke in July of 1955 after being dropped off in the border city of Mexicali in 112°F July heat.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

Contreras was apprehended on July 8 in Mexicali, Mexico, by the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana International Unit, working in coordination with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

Migrants in the border towns of Mexicali and Ciudad Juárez were being turned away, and the word was spreading.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

When the train stopped in Mexicali, Papa told us to get off.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

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