Some caving groups mapping. Some of the caves seem to have tunnels.
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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Hmmmmmmmmm.
Moats
Mines planted at various levels.
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.
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Some posts on tunnels in this thread:
Mexico Discovers Islam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326561/posts
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.<<<
Some caving groups mapping. Some of the caves seem to have tunnels.
LOL! With mines?
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.
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.
I pulled from net archives and put it on my server:
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+.
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.
Fill it with cement.
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