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Federal Agents Discover Illegal Tunnel at Mexican Border
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| AP-ES-02-25-05 1803EST
Posted on 02/25/2005 3:58:13 PM PST by TheOtherOne
Federal Agents Discover Illegal Tunnel at Mexican Border
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Published: Feb 25, 2005 CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - Federal agents on Friday discovered a clandestine tunnel that may have been built to smuggle drugs and possibly people from Mexico to the United States.
The tunnel was found on the U.S. side of the border fence in Calexico, about 120 miles east of San Diego, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It was about 20 feet underground, measuring 3 feet in diameter and reinforced with wood and plastic. Agents found rubber tubing possibly intended for ventilation.
U.S. and Mexican authorities had not determined where the tunnel originated and ended - or even if it was completed, said Mack.
Federal authorities have discovered at least 12 tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border since Sept. 11, 2001, some of them only partially completed, Mack said.
The latest discovery was made using surveying tools that Mack declined to explain in detail.
Last year, Homeland Security began using technology developed by geophysicists to pinpoint suspicious terrain. Previously, it relied on human intelligence and sheer luck, such as when a Border Patrol agent in Calexico struck a sink hole in 2003.
AP-ES-02-25-05 1803EST
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KEYWORDS: aliens; americanswontdo; anthraxalert; border; bordersecurity; doingthesmuggling; mexico; tunnel; wodlist
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To: TheLion
oes anyone else find it ironic that they called the tunnel "illegal".Everyone except the border wedgie-wedgies.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:05:52 PM PST
by
skeeter
("A nation without borders is not a nation" RW R)
To: johnb838
[ It has nothing to do with terrorism and it has nothing to do with jobs. It has everything to do with the importation of socializm and the dilution of the American Way. ]
Democrats have been aborting their babies for a generartion..
Wheres the new democrats to come from except across the border(S).
Jeese, have a little compassionate conservativism.. like BUSH..
42
posted on
02/25/2005 6:23:29 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: ARCADIA
The way we secure that border, I am surprised that it doesn't have 8 lanes and built in cellular coverage.That one crosses into NM. LOL With Bill Richardson giving them a drivers license with no Social Security number required we'll soon need 8 lanes. He's working with Fox and business leaders to open trade with Mexico. They KNOW they have a friend in him. The RAT.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:23:45 PM PST
by
NRA2BFree
(Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones do. ;-)
To: stopem
Undocumented tunnel bump!
44
posted on
02/25/2005 6:24:50 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Illegal Aliens "Those Wonderful People" in Jail Now Are $1.4 Billion A Year For California Taxpayers)
To: TheOtherOne
About 30 yards of concrete would resolve this one.
45
posted on
02/25/2005 6:26:32 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Zebras: Free Range Bar Codes of the Serengeti)
To: jveritas; bayourod; Howlin; Once-Ler
Gee, how many times have we heard that a fence and troops on the border would stop everyone from crossing illegally.
To: johnb838; jveritas; bayourod; Howlin
This is going to go down in History as George W. Bush's shame. You wish.
To: Cultural Jihad
Perhaps the border wedgies like to imply or charge that our leaders and civil servants are hopelessly corrupt,...
They are.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:30:37 PM PST
by
82Marine89
(U.S. Marines- Part of the Navy....The men's department.)
To: Texas_Jarhead
They're just digging the burglary tunnels the Americans won't digAnd spray painting all the highway signs and closed store fronts, to add a nice, sweet, homey touch of art to landscape, that us Americans won't do, too.!!~
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:42:49 PM PST
by
tertiary01
(Believe your eyes and heart before some stupid tests.)
To: occutegirl
Did Ho' Depot provide the shovels? Courtesy of Tom Ridge, new employee of Ho'Depot.
To: janetgreen; occutegirl
It was Manuel.
Manuel Labor.
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posted on
02/25/2005 6:59:54 PM PST
by
82Marine89
(U.S. Marines- Part of the Navy....The men's department.)
To: 82Marine89
Manuel Labor Oh, it was Manuel? I remember him well... :^)
To: 82Marine89
I wonder which is worse: Seditiously advocating that our system of self-governance is hopelessly corrupt, or some undocumented dishwashers somewhere.
To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
And I believe the tunnels brings us back full circle to what started T.M.
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posted on
02/25/2005 7:43:41 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Calpernia
Ping to me to find the maps showing the tunnels from Mexico to the USA tomorrow.
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posted on
02/25/2005 7:44:32 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Cultural Jihad
I wonder which is worse: Seditiously advocating that our system of self-governance is hopelessly corrupt, or some undocumented dishwashers somewhere.Theres an idea. Maybe we should divert law enforcement resources from border control to preventing 'seditious' comments.
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posted on
02/25/2005 7:53:40 PM PST
by
skeeter
("A nation without borders is not a nation" RW R)
To: Cultural Jihad
I wonder which is worse ?
...or some undocumented dishwashers somewhere. ?
Answer: some undocumented illegal dishwasher
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posted on
02/25/2005 7:53:47 PM PST
by
82Marine89
(U.S. Marines- Part of the Navy....The men's department.)
To: 82Marine89
I meant to say: Which is worse
for America.
You voted for dishwashers rather than those who, alongside and with the blessings of our nation's enemies, poison the public discourse with seditious words.
Comment #59 Removed by Moderator
To: Cultural Jihad
Name one seditious statement.
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posted on
02/25/2005 8:05:34 PM PST
by
82Marine89
(U.S. Marines- Part of the Navy....The men's department.)
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