Posted on 02/28/2005 2:37:27 PM PST by WindOracle
The bedroom of a luxurious Mexicali residence a block from the border hid a secret tunnel leading to neighboring Calexico, Mexican officials said yesterday.
Inside the passageway, investigators discovered lighting and ventilation equipment, a closed-circuit security system, hydraulic machinery and various tools, according to a statement yesterday by the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Office, or PGR.
The findings led agents to surmise that "the tunnel was used for illicit activities, presumably related to drug trafficking," the statement said.
A middle section of the passageway was initially discovered in the United States early Friday by U.S. Border Patrol agents checking for tunnels in a residential area of Calexico. It is the third tunnel found in Calexico in the past 15 months.
"From what we've seen of this tunnel, it appears to be one of the most sophisticated and elaboratedly constructed that we have discovered to date," said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is conducting the investigation.
Smugglers of migrants and drugs have historically used underground passageways to avoid detection by U.S. and Mexican authorities. Mack said yesterday that U.S. investigators were searching for the tunnel's other end: "This an ongoing criminal investigation, and we're still trying to locate a possible exit to the U.S."
On the Mexican side, the tunnel's entrance was found Saturday by agents from Mexico's Federal Agency of Investigation, know as AFI. The entrance led from the bedroom of a house about 100 yards from the border in an upscale neighborhood known as Colonia Nueva.
The house, on Francisco I. Madero Avenue, shared the same lot with a second residence that also was searched, according to the PGR. Agents found a closed-circuit security system outside the two houses. Both houses were vacant at the time of the search, the statement said.
The statement did not say who owned the property.
you would think that after dealing with north korea's insanely large tunneling projects for decades, the US would have some decent detection methods.
you would think.
'Nother ping.
They can detect heartbeats when one is buried in an avalanche. Probably there is this equipment but Fox would complain & you know in this country that ILLEGALS have more clout than us taxpayers - thanks to the "Two-Party Cartel".
Time for a "free-fire" zone complete with sound detection gear to listen for tunneling. If evident, bore down and drop a Nerve Gas grenade in there.
Huh? Why don't they crawl the length of the thing and see where you come out?
Maybe they are worried about booby traps or something.
Well, that's a scary story. Thanks for posting it.
This crap will end when OUR government REALLY gets serious about protecting Americans. Until then, we will NEVER be safe.
So send a bomb robot . . . or, hell, a radio-controlled toy tank with a camera and lights
El Presidente perhaps?
Daisy Cutter
Now, now, now....let's not over react. This homeowner was providing a service. He was just expediting undocumented workers getting across/under the border quicker, so they could get to the fields and cut lettuce or get to Holiday Inn to get those toilets cleaned.
Our government will be giving him a Medal for his service and sacrifice in providing workers expedited access to get to those jobs Americans won't do.
[Do I really need the '/end sarcasm' tag?]
I've lived in California and Texas, and saw illegals crossing the border in person. In San Diego they have road warning signs showing illegals running (across the freeway).
Let's be honest, if the US Government really wanted to put a stop to it, it's a simple matter of hiring more guards or stationing some troops by the border. It'd only cost a fraction of our war on Iraq.
But the government is not only unwilling to commit the resources, it provides incentives for the illegals to cross over and give them green cards by lottery.
My theory is that the government is looking the other way because they don't think it's a serious problem. Since the US has a fairly stable birth rate, the government wants immigrants to increase its population. You might not like more people and more cars on the freeway, but the government sure likes more tax payers.
They do....
The assumtion that they want to use them... is a bit naieve..
They would already BE being used... They are not being used ON PURPOSE...
That is true. We have seismic detectors which can detect a person walking anywhere near it.. it can also detect the much greater vibrations of a tunneling project.
Because it's predomiantly Mexicans using the tunnels, any search for tunnels will be considered racist by the ACLU, et al.
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