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US border protection officers recently discovered and hindered an almost 3,000 feet long narcotics smuggling tunnel US Mexico border.
The agents found the tunnel – the Tijuana connected and San Diego – At the beginning of April, while it was active.
The underground passage ran under part of the Otay Mesa entrance port and, according to an announcement of the US customs and border protection, had a projected exit point nearby or in a commercial storage room in San Diego.
When entering the “highly developed” tunnel, the authorities met with barricades, which were apparently placed for prevention Law enforcement After the search for his entrance, the announcement found.
The US border protection officials recently discovered and hindered an almost 3,000-foot narcotics smuggling tunnel below the border between the USA and Mexico. (US customs and border protection)
The tunnel, which reached a depth of about 50 feet underground at its lowest point, measure 2.918 feet long, 42 inches high and 28 inches wide. It was equipped with lighting, electrical cabling, ventilation systems and a track system for the transport of large amounts of smuggling goods.
Border patrol agents – together with investigations by the home protection and the government of the government of Mexico – found the entrance to the tunnel on Monday in a house in the Nueva Tijuana district on Monday In Tijuana. According to the announcement, the entrance had recently been covered with freshly laid tiles.
The US border protection officials recently discovered and hindered an almost 3,000-foot narcotics smuggling tunnel below the border between the USA and Mexico. (US customs and border protection)
Thousands of gallons concrete will soon be poured into the tunnels to prevent it from being used by foreign terrorist organizations, US inches and border protection.
Traffic supports the inspection of San Ysidro to the south, while people enter in the port of Otay Mesa Mesa on May 3, 2025 in San Diego, California, in Tijuana, Mexico. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
“Since we continue to strengthen the nation’s air and maritime border security, it is not surprising that foreign terrorist organizations would fall back on underground routes,” said Jeffrey D. Stalnaker, reigning deputy strip representative of the San Diego sector. “Disruption of tunnels of drug smuggling is of crucial importance for the protection American lives. “
Since 1993, more than 95 tunnels have been shut down in San Diego.
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