Tijuana campaigns to launder its image.

Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | May 2, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Hugh Dellios

TIJUANA, Mexico _ No matter how tarnished, it is possible for a city to change its international reputation.

Chicago knows about this. Thanks to Michael Jordan, a few basketball championships and global television, Chicagoans no longer have to cringe when people ask us where we come from, waiting for them to smile knowingly, arrange their fingers in the shape of submachine guns and chortle the words "Ey, Al Capone!"

Tijuana can only wish for such salvation.

Since last year, this bawdy border town's officials have been ...

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