https://www.foxnews.com/world/mayor...avan-migrants-calls-them-bums-and-pot-smokers Gastelum’s in-your-face style was unpopular among many residents when he won the mayoral election in 2016 with just a third of Tijuana’s 1.29 million voters casting ballots. His approval ratings had been extremely low – only four percent -- the San Diego Union-Tribune reported, almost since he began his term. But then the caravan of thousands from Honduras – and thousands more joining them along the way in El Salvador and Guatemala – headed toward Mexico, and many toward Tijuana, specifically, and suddenly many frustrated residents of the border city found Gastelum’s unvarnished and provocative style appealing. Now, Gastelum is the front-runner in the mayoral election.
