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
Stick around. They're the ones swearing up & down they're for border security, but...
My screenname was derived from the 1965 ecological and cultural sci-fi novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert.
They defend it based upon all kinds of moral relativistic grounds, or merely feel the borders aren't worth defending (too difficult, too expensive, not realistic)
Yesterday, a Freeper rationalized a borderless country because "God created us as free man."
Now, answer my question about seditious statements.
The impact of illegal 'immigration' on our country's economy is greater than that of some jets flying into the Twin Towers or the Pentagon. It's just slower and not as immediately apparent, which actually makes it all the more insidious.
Yep, it's apparent to me as well -- and most Freepers.
It's a HUGE drain...and will be even moreso as America becomes more socialist.
Wow -- this Immigration news is in the 'Smoky Backroom' already...Destined to be pulled any minute.
I suppose you saw the thread about whatzherhoozie presenting a bill for socialized medicine in California?
Socialized Meds are coming, Bubs. Like a runaway freight train.
SENATOR KUEHL ANNOUNCES INSTRODUCTION OF SB840 (Socialized Medicine for All Californians)
It's too "smokey" in here.
You're still mysterious. I...can't...see...you...ooops, sorry. (I thought that was a light switch ;-))
OOOH....Whatzherhoozie (from Dobie Gillis) = Senator Kuehl
And with that, I'm sayin' good night, Pookie.
Lol...'nite Bubs...
Don't go down clandestine tunnels - you may not like what you breathe. Don't track across the open spaces depending upon the water stations that the softheartedheaded gringos have set up for you because somebody else may have gotten to those barrels first. Don't ride in a cargo container thru the desert unless you know you can trust the driver with your life. Same thing goes for the backs of pickup trucks when the driver decides to 'bolt'. Don't follow the train tracks by walking BETWEEN the rails...
What war against our Homeland? /s
Good one.
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