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.
Posted on 02/25/2005 3:58:13 PM PST by TheOtherOne
Federal Agents Discover Illegal Tunnel at Mexican Border
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
It would stop everyone? I'd say you've never heard anyone say that.
Nice try, though.
Knock off the 'beaner' crap. It doesn't help.
Ping!
I'm waiting............
Not sure about actual corruption among our leaders and civil servants (that's strong language which requires evidence), but that does not preclude a political agenda which mitigates against national interest. In this case that would be illegal immigration.
I too give all credit to border agents, even as they beg and plead for more support - personnel and equipment.
I'll lay odds that the next act of terrorism will be perpetrated by one of the numerous OTM who cross the border each night.
That'll teach 'em!!
Calling in the Free Republic Open Border Bot reinforcements?
Can you really reason with a Open Border Bot TRAITOR?
You were the one who stated that an undocumented immigrant washing dishes somewhere is worse than someone who seditiously advocates that our system of self-governance is hopelessly corrupt.
Yeah, they're "worrying" about the border so much they've ordered 2,000 miles of brand new red carpet.
What, a singing kid and his eyebrows didn't hold your interest? (Border Bot? What's that?)
Hmmm....
Those Bots who advocate and support un-enforced borders and unimpeded illegal invasion into OUR country.
And hey -- how many times can I watch the kid? He's good, but he's no Tiny Tim.
How about explaining your name then?
I find it hard to believe that people would defend ILLEGAL immigration. Evidently if one is 'just a dishwasher trying to make a buck' it's okay.
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