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Officials discover tunnel at U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego
sacbee ^ | 1-11-06

Posted on 01/11/2006 6:22:00 AM PST by LouAvul

SAN DIEGO (AP) - U.S. Border Patrol agents stumbled on a cross-border tunnel after it caved in and the asphalt roadway above it collapsed, officials said.

The 35-foot-long tunnel, which was found Monday, ended in a patch of vacant land on the U.S. side near the San Ysidro port of entry, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.

The reinforced tunnel was about 3 feet by 3 feet and appeared to have been used recently, she said.

The exit on the U.S. side was sealed with sandbags and metal strips, Mack said. Authorities did not know when it was built and whether it was used for smuggling drugs or people, she said.

The tunnel is across the border from an area that is either owned or leased by Mexican Customs.

No arrests were made.

More than a dozen tunnels have been found along the southwestern border in recent years.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; immigrantion; immigrantlist; immigration; tunnel
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1 posted on 01/11/2006 6:22:03 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul
Is this news? I would think by now we would be working on the assumption there are hundreds of tunnels. Law enforcement have been find tunnels since the 80's.
2 posted on 01/11/2006 6:26:24 AM PST by one more state
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To: LouAvul
The tunnel is across the border from an area that is either owned or leased by Mexican Customs.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

3 posted on 01/11/2006 6:29:47 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: one more state
While I have no problem with a security fence along the southern border, how can we stop the building of tunnels? Rather deep footings? We all know that the illegals will go "underground" in mass.
4 posted on 01/11/2006 6:32:36 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Moats


5 posted on 01/11/2006 6:40:39 AM PST by ChiefJayStrongbow
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Mines planted at various levels.


6 posted on 01/11/2006 6:42:15 AM PST by Ingtar (Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow
"Moats"


.....filled with piranha and gators
7 posted on 01/11/2006 6:42:57 AM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: LouAvul

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BORDER_TUNNEL?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Jan 11, 8:48 AM EST

Border Agents Discover U.S.-Mexico Tunnel

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Border Patrol agents discovered a 35-foot-long tunnel beneath the U.S.-Mexico border after it caved in and the asphalt roadway above it collapsed, officials said.

The tunnel ended in a patch of vacant land near the San Ysidro port of entry, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It was reinforced and was about 3 feet by 3 feet, and it appeared to have been used recently, she said.

It wasn't immediately clear when the tunnel was built or whether it might have been used for smuggling drugs or people.

Authorities sealed off the U.S. side with sandbags and metal after discovering it on Monday, Mack said.

The tunnel is across the border from an area that is either owned or leased by Mexican Customs.

More than a dozen tunnels have been found along the southwestern border in recent years. In 2003, Border Patrol agents found a tunnel that originated in a private house in Mexico and ended in a parking lot on the U.S. side. A year later, U.S. authorities found evidence that someone was trying to rebuild the passageway.

"We do believe it's a trend where smugglers are attempting to go underground after 9/11 as a result of the heightened security," Mack said.


8 posted on 01/11/2006 6:44:46 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

Ping


9 posted on 01/11/2006 6:45:32 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: one more state

Some posts on tunnels in this thread:

Mexico Discovers Islam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326561/posts


10 posted on 01/11/2006 6:47:21 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Re: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1555962/posts?page=10#10

Tunnel reference start here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1326561/posts?page=123#123

When this story was first reported, they said the caves were being mapped. I don't remember them specifically saying they were doing UNDERGROUND mapping of these caves:

>>>Meanwhile, two British Navy divers are expected to swim through the flooded portion of the cave Thursday.

Whitlock said the divers will bring with them extra scuba gear for those trapped. They will assess whether to bring the cavers out now or to take them more food and supplies and wait until the water recedes.<<<


11 posted on 01/11/2006 6:52:51 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326561/posts?page=142#142

Some caving groups mapping. Some of the caves seem to have tunnels.


12 posted on 01/11/2006 6:54:24 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: ChiefJayStrongbow

LOL! With mines?


13 posted on 01/11/2006 6:55:24 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Would take some doing, but a new Canal leading from San Diego to the Gulf would solve that issue and give us an alternative to the panama canal that our oh so intelligent Jimmy Carter gave away.


14 posted on 01/11/2006 6:57:24 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (Uncommon Valor was a common Virtue)
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To: LouAvul

Don't know why they bother, there is no wall. They can walk right over...

There was an hole/tunnel that came out right at the INS office in Nogales Arizona they found roughly about a year to two years ago.


15 posted on 01/11/2006 6:57:31 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: one more state
Is this news? I would think by now we would be working on the assumption there are hundreds of tunnels. Law enforcement have been find tunnels since the 80's.

First thing I thought of, too.
16 posted on 01/11/2006 6:58:18 AM PST by gipper81
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To: Calpernia
The map that was here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326561/posts?page=145#145

I pulled from net archives and put it on my server:


17 posted on 01/11/2006 6:59:16 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
http://www.soundtransit.org/images/projects/lightrail/central/beacon-hill/slurry.jpg

Slurry wall construction can go several hunderd feet deep, to bedrock if necessary, and is a structural concrete wall. It may not stop them 100%, but it will sure slow them down to have to chip through 3' of concrete.

If there is 500 miles, and it goes 50' deep, expect a cost around 6.6 billion dollars, plus+.

18 posted on 01/11/2006 7:03:30 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance
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To: LouAvul

Where is Travis that said just to build walls/fence along the border, often comparing Israel's borders to America's and several posts, while ignoring the fact there is history tunnles dug in both to spoil the walls/fences. You need to go further to even defeat the enemy from climbing and digging under. Until recent years, not even Israel's border security system was perfect (yet, it was improved only months ago while they had plenty of time to think about it), at least in my eyes. At least our DHS had the concept of using sensors. Our border goes "smart", and not the old "dumb" concept just using fence and walls. Yes, and it's not going to be easy to do it edge to edge. Our border length is way more than Israel's, which Travis likely not have considered, with the high cost that the US citizens will have to sacrifice with tax money for security. Our country still has way to go, but I believe in my country that it is in the right track even it is its baby steps.


19 posted on 01/11/2006 7:13:04 AM PST by Wiz
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To: LouAvul

Fill it with cement.


20 posted on 01/11/2006 7:13:25 AM PST by RockinRight (The Republicans Suck Less than the Democrats)
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