**New University to Rise Amidst Ruins in Tijuana**
In the city of Tijuana, Baja California, a new educational institution, Universidad Rosario Castellanos, will be established on the site of the abandoned Ciudad Judicial. The project is championed by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, and is inspired by a similar initiative she introduced in Mexico City during her tenure as Mayor.
The complex, previously intended for judicial purposes, was donated by the state’s government under Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda. Originally constructed during former Governor Francisco Vega de Lamadrid’s administration, the site was later neglected by Jaime Bonilla Valdez citing insufficient funds to relocate the State Judiciary and the State’s Attorney General’s office.
Universidad Rosario Castellanos is set to launch its admissions for students, as well as hiring faculty and administrative staff starting in November. Classes will commence in March 2025, offering degrees in Environmental Sciences, Data Science, Accountancy and Finance, Law and Criminology, Philosophy and History, Psychology, Tourism, and Engineering in Control and Automation. While the site requires structural rehabilitation costing approximately 10 million pesos, an overall investment of 30 million pesos will be made to provide 90 classrooms.
President Sheinbaum announced, “We are committed to transforming these abandoned buildings so that by February and March, we are ready to welcome our first cohorts of students.”
**Further Challenges at the Ciudad Judicial Site**
City Judicial of Tijuana: A Million-Weight Ruin
Previously, journalist Julieta Aragón detailed the chronic issues plaguing the Ciudad Judicial site, which continues to experience subsidence and structural damage. Initially supported by debt financing, the project remains abandoned yet still incurs financial obligations.
The observed subsidence issues are tied to foundational errors; the buildings were erected on areas with insufficiently rigid soil, and the groundwork treatment was inadequate. However, construction companies cannot be sanctioned due to the age and terms of the contracts established under Vega de Lamadrid’s administration, which have surpassed warranty periods.
Alejandro Isaac Fragozo López, the President of the Superior Court of Justice, attributed the non-implementation of Ciudad Judicial to early-stage miscoordination among its intended users and the need for increased investment in human resources rather than infrastructure alone. Staffing the Judiciary building requires 80 personnel, necessitating hiring and salary expansions.
Fragozo López dismissed claims that the Judiciary site’s dormancy signifies systemic failure, attributing delayed hearings to procedural tactics by involved parties and a high judicialization rate of 35%—far above the intended 3 to 5%. The latter highlights the untapped potential of alternative procedural resolutions that require negotiation.
In related news, efforts are underway to address these judicial pressures and realign the system to its intended efficiency.
**Note: Content compiled by TJGringo.com based on current and developing events in Tijuana.**