By Samuel Lopez – USA Herald
[Baja, California] – Don’t let the name mislead you—Baja California isn’t in California, and it sure isn’t American soil. The state, perched on the northwestern edge of Mexico just south of the U.S. border, is governed under Mexico’s federal system. And now, its top elected official and her politically connected husband are no longer welcome in the United States.
The Trump administration has reportedly revoked the non-immigrant visas of Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, the Governor of Baja California, and her husband Carlos Torres Torres, a high-level government coordinator in the city of Tijuana. Their abrupt ban from U.S. soil is sending shockwaves across diplomatic and political circles.
🔍 It Started With a Late-Night Facebook Post
The visa revocation wasn’t announced by the White House or ICE—it was posted directly to Facebook by the governor herself.
“I’ve witnessed what love and loyalty really mean,” Ávila wrote vaguely, after disclosing that both she and her husband received visa revocation notices from U.S. consular authorities. She didn’t offer a reason but assured her followers the situation was “complex” and “binational.”
Carlos Torres, meanwhile, was more cryptic and framed the development as purely bureaucratic:
“In recent days I was notified by US Consular Authorities about the revocation of my non-immigrant visa, a measure that, as is with many people in similar contexts, responds to internal arrangements of the State Department. It should be noted that my conscience is calm and I am sure that the situation will be resolved favorably,” he said.
“This procedure does not represent accusation, investigation or formal indication by any authority, neither in Mexico nor in the United States,” he insisted, while also confirming he’s hired an international immigration attorney to fight the decision.
But critics, both in Mexico and north of the border, aren’t buying it.
