{"id":347659,"date":"2026-06-05T06:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347659\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:20:18","slug":"san-diego-tijuana-border-chaos-as-teacher-protest-shuts-tijuana-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347659\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego-Tijuana border chaos as teacher protest shuts Tijuana crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/mexico-cops-discover-massive-tunnel-152141035.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:border entry to Mexico;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;border entry to Mexico&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">border entry to Mexico<\/a> was partly locked down on Thursday as protesters created a human blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Southbound vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/02\/us-news\/fake-california-store-had-hidden-entrance-to-massive-smuggling-tunnel-to-mexico-as-four-charged\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:access from San Diego to Tijuana;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;access from San Diego to Tijuana&quot;}\" class=\"link \">access from San Diego to Tijuana<\/a> was shut by teachers on the Mexican side across the roads.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Border agents were redirecting traffic from I5 and Freeway 805 toward the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59bd79d5bbc59fbc2ea1ae6c47b1c774.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Border agents were redirecting traffic from I5 and Freeway 805 toward the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video from the scene showed armed Mexican cops stopping demonstrators from getting too close to the entry point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile dozens of cars were seen trapped behind them after just moments earlier having crossed from California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Border agents were redirecting traffic from I5 and Freeway 805 toward the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. The California Highway Patrol also issued a SigAlert at 10.30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The CHP\u2019s border communications center said: \u201cSan Ysidro Port of Entry into Mexico is closed. I-805 SB traffic is being diverted off at San Ysidro Blvd. I-5 SB traffic is being diverted off at Via De San Ysidro. Please avoid the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an update it said San Ysidro Blvd on-ramp to I-805 SB, SR-905 EB connector to I-805 SB and SR-905 WB connector to I-805 SB were still closed as of 12pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/06\/residents-of-mexican-border-town-block-americans-from-entering\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:mirrors a blockade;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;mirrors a blockade&quot;}\" class=\"link \">mirrors a blockade<\/a> in March when teachers calling for better wages and pensions also shut down the entry point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Ysidro Port of Entry is the fourth busiest border crossing in the world, with around 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