Tijuana to San Diego tunnel discovered
According to the Associated Press Homeland Security agents discovered a tunnel that ran for 2500 feet under the US/Mexico border from Tijuana to San Diego. They also took 12 tons of weed and 22 criminals out of circulation on the first transit of the tunnel. Apparently, an undercover agent discovered the operation when he was hired for trucks and another warehouse for the smugglers;
The Mexican suspects were caught off-guard when authorities arrived at the Tijuana warehouse with a search warrant, police said. No shots were fired.
The drugs found were wrapped in 873 packages covered with plastic and tape.
On the U.S. side, the tunnel entry point in a warehouse near the Otay Mesa border crossing had no stairs or ladder. U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said smugglers were believed to be using pulleys.
Homeland Security says that they’ve been investigating since May.
Category: Crime
The Chula Juana expressway (San Diego area residents/former residents would understand the meaning)…
Yep.
Not particularly unusual for them to find tunnels in San Diego County. This one is a bit longer than normal, though.
We should build a big wall…..
😀 😀 😀
I remember being told during a Customs Training Class I took during deployment training that only about ten percent of illegal drugs being smuggled get intercepted. That makes me wonder how many cross-border tunnels exist versus the ones discovered and put out of commission?
I hope this doesn’t sound too cold or callous but wouldn’t a better more effective approach have been to blow up the Mexican end of the tunnel and pour concrete or the EPA’s toxic water in the US end?
I could imagine all the other things that can be smuggled through such a tunnel:
Middle Eastern bad guys
Explosives
Weapons
Chemicals
I’m surprised any news about border security made it out into the wild considering this administrations reluctance to acknowledge the problems.
Don’t forget nukes.
And donkeys.
Implementar El Burro
At the rate Bermaggot is going with his threats and extraneous bullshit, he may need this tunnel to get out of the country before he winds up in the clink.
“Narcos” on Netflix is great entertainment, and depressing reality.