Environmentalists Clean Pollution in Tijuana River Fox News Latino
go to original October 13, 2014

U.S. and Mexico come together to clean up trash along Tijuana River (T.R.A.M.)

Dozens of volunteers turned out this weekend for a binational event aimed at cleaning up the Tijuana River Valley between the United States and Mexico.

The volunteers removed trash and other items to prevent them from being washed into the Pacific Ocean.

Saturday's clean-up was organized by the Tijuana River Action Network, or TRAN, whose members include about a dozen grassroots and community organizations from the Mexican border city of Tijuana and San Diego.

There has been "unprecedented" cooperation among groups on both sides of the border in developing strategies to deal with pollution, 4 Walls International executive director Steven Wright said.

"The organizations involved in this have a great commitment and we are working united for the common good," Wright told Efe.

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