Posted on 01/29/2020 3:59:21 PM PST by yesthatjallen
U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than three-quarters of a mile from Tijuana, Mexico, into the San Diego area.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the tunnel originates in an industrial area in Mexico and extends a total of 4,309 feet (1,313 meters).
It features an extensive rail/cart system, forced air ventilation, high-voltage electrical cables and panels, an elevator at the tunnel entrance, and a complex drainage system, the agency said.
“While subterranean tunnels are not a new occurrence along the California-Mexico border, the sophistication and length of this particular tunnel demonstrates the time-consuming efforts transnational criminal organizations will undertake to facilitate cross-border smuggling,” said Cardell T. Morant, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego.
Following the discovery in August, Mexican law enforcement identified the tunnel entrance and members of the San Diego Tunnel Task Force began mapping the tunnel from Mexico, the agency said.
The next-longest tunnel in the U.S. was discovered in San Diego in 2014. It was 2,966 feet (904 meters) long.
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Over 3/4 of a mile!!
How long was it in operation and how many users were apprehended?
Drugs, contraband, money, etc .....
I doubt many bodies crossing the border
ever saw it or knew it existed.
Leave it in place, don’t announce the discovery and drop a Peristent nerve agent into the tunnel. Problem solves itself.
That would be interesting to know. First thing you’d do is put it under surveillance. Then try to track the tunnel transportation crew back, gain intelligence on as much of the operation as possible.
They don’t know how long it’s been operating, when it was last used, and no one was apprehended.
Fill it with cement
Californicate should hire these people to build their new railroad they want.
Impressive...
Then send them back.
“”””””””””’Fill it with cement”””””””””””
Sharks and snakes.
Now, if they’d just put that much effort into doing legal things.
Either your advice was ignored, or it arrived too late. 8>)
SbT Bkmk
That much cement would be expensive.
Why not fill it with single use plastics ?
It’s better than having them dumped in the ocean.
“I doubt many bodies crossing the border
ever saw it or knew it existed.”
I agree...way too much investment to risk busloads of people popping out of a building day and night.
Propane pumped into the tunnel along with a spark would take care of it...the El Grande Rodenator!!
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