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Tunnel linking US and Mexico found [complete with rail, lights and ventilation]
BBC ^ | 31 October 2013 Last updated at 17:16 ET

Posted on 10/31/2013 4:05:07 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

A drug-smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system has been found connecting San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico.

Authorities seized more than eight tons of marijuana and 325lb (147kg) of cocaine in the discovery.

Officials have not revealed the exact length or location of the recently finished tunnel, but Mexican media report it is near Tijuana's airport.

More than 75 such secret tunnels have been discovered since 2008.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: border; california; drugs; mexico; mexicotunnel; sandiego; tijuana; tunnel; warondrugs
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1 posted on 10/31/2013 4:05:07 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

Obviously well-funded. By whom, I wonder?


2 posted on 10/31/2013 4:06:17 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Pan_Yan

They are already digging the next batch.


3 posted on 10/31/2013 4:06:38 PM PDT by deadrock (I am someone else.)
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To: Pan_Yan

Does this mean we don’t have to use hundreds of buses?


4 posted on 10/31/2013 4:06:57 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: P.O.E.

Well, it actually operated, so we know Amtrak wasn’t involved.


5 posted on 10/31/2013 4:08:24 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Pan_Yan

End the WOD and give the people their freedoms back.


6 posted on 10/31/2013 4:08:58 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: Mr. Lucky

I bet it was the most profitable railroad in America.


7 posted on 10/31/2013 4:09:58 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: skeeter

http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/3266.1670.0.0/world/globalization/the-danger-in-chinas-mexican-port-grab


8 posted on 10/31/2013 4:10:20 PM PDT by Therapsid (t)
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Well, it actually operated, so we know Amtrak wasn’t involved.

If it has been in Massachusetts it would be 12 years behind schedule and $3 billion over budget.

9 posted on 10/31/2013 4:12:43 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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To: Pan_Yan

Also called The Future Democrats’ Express.


10 posted on 10/31/2013 4:14:04 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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If it has been in Massachusetts it would be 12 years behind schedule and $3 billion over budget.

I'm guessing that some of the beheaded corpses that litter the Mexican countryside are a result of "over budget."

11 posted on 10/31/2013 4:19:57 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Pan_Yan

Light rail and dope- sounds like a Democrat Underground party.


12 posted on 10/31/2013 4:23:45 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Pan_Yan
Tom Clancy's 2011 spy thriller, Against All Enemies included a scene of this type.
13 posted on 10/31/2013 4:24:24 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: P.O.E.

Well, the DEA collects the tolls, one way or another. An elaborate tunnel like this was probably ‘discovered’ because someone didn’t pay their fee to their government overlords.


14 posted on 10/31/2013 4:25:35 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: Therapsid

Thetrumpet.com is my first stop for international news. It is a great resource. Have you read America under attack, available there as a free download?


15 posted on 10/31/2013 4:28:02 PM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: Pan_Yan

and leak an have he ceiling panels fall


16 posted on 10/31/2013 4:29:03 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: Pan_Yan

“They found Tomás!!”


17 posted on 10/31/2013 4:30:38 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: JoanneSD
This surely not true.. Sen Feinstein was in SAn Diego in 2006 with a big photo op...saying these tunnels were illegal

Senate Approves Feinstein-Kyl Measure to Criminalize Border Tunnels By: Dianne Feinstein Date: July 13, 2006 Location: Washington, DC Senate Approves Feinstein-Kyl Measure to Criminalize Border Tunnels July 13, 2006 Washington, DC - The Senate today approved an amendment by U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) that would criminalize the act of constructing or financing a tunnel or subterranean passage across an international border into the United States. The amendment to the FY 2007 Senate Homeland Security Appropriations bill was approved by voice vote. Once the Senate votes to pass the appropriations bill, it will need to be approved in conference committee with the House of Representatives before it can gain final approval by the House and Senate and be sent to the President for his signature.

18 posted on 10/31/2013 4:36:58 PM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: Mr. Lucky
Well, it actually operated, so we know Amtrak wasn’t involved.

LOL. C'mon now. Amtrak operates. It's just that the cost for each seat is fifteen times more than the price of a ticket.

19 posted on 10/31/2013 4:42:37 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: JoanneSD

The border is a tunnel-free zone...


20 posted on 10/31/2013 4:46:16 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Impeach We Much!)
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