
Border Patrol Shuts Down Cross-Border Tunnel Near San Diego
Federal agents have shut down a nearly 3,000-foot-long tunnel connecting Tijuana and San Diego that officials say was being built to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
Federal agents have shut down a nearly 3,000-foot-long tunnel connecting Tijuana and San Diego that officials say was being built to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
Federal agents and Mexican authorities discovered a large and “sophisticated” tunnel near the U.S.-Mexico border that was outfitted with electricity, ventilation , a rail system with a cart and an electronic hoist, ICE announced earlier this month.
The discovery shocked federal agents: An unfinished tunnel that ran from San Louis, Ariz., to a Mexican neighborhood featured a ventilation system, electrical wiring, water lines, a rail system and extensive reinforcement.
Federal agents seized thousands of pounds of drugs found in a “sophisticated” smuggling tunnel that extends from a warehouse in Mexico to another warehouse in San Diego.
Border Patrol agents found yet another illegal tunnel between the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Arizona.
Border Patrol officials said Wednesday they discovered the longest drug-smuggling tunnel ever found along the southwest border.
Border Patrol believe 30 immigrants used an underground tunnel to cross a Southern California border.
Border Patrol agents have found dozens of tunnels near the border of Mexico.