The Plaza de los Tres Poderes in the city of Mexicali in the state of Baja California along the US-Mexico border - stock photo

Mexicali, Mexico, December 09 -- A view of the Plaza de los Tres Poderes, with the La Ciudad que Capturó el Sol (The city that captured the sun) monument and the buildings of the Legislative and Judicial Power of the State of Baja California, near the border with the United States and the city of Calexico. The monument to the city that captured the sun represents a cardone with the sun in the center. It consists of four pillars for the four cardinal points and the four municipalities of Baja California up to that time of its construction, which were Mexicali, Tijuana, Ensenada and Tecate.