Authorities unearth 1,200-yard tunnel into U.S.

CNN ^ | 01/26/2006 | Kevin Bohn

[devane617]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Authorities have found what they call the largest tunnel running into the United States along the U.S.-Mexican border. About 2 tons of marijuana were inside the tunnel, the Drug Enforcement Administration said, indicating that it appears to have been used to transport drugs. DEA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents discovered the tunnel Wednesday night. It runs from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California. Officials said the tunnel is about seven-tenths of a mile (1,148 meters) or more than 1,200 yards long. Initial reports said it is 5 feet high and 3.5 feet wide.

[devane617]

Uh, Mr President....

[the OlLine Rebel]

OMG!

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Just digging the tunnels that Americans will not..........

[devane617]

Take a look at the full story with pictures.

[dfwgator]

About 2 tons of marijuana were inside the tunnel, the Drug Enforcement Administration said, indicating that it appears to have been used to transport drugs.

Gee, ya think?

[Raycpa]

And the construction is superior to that of Boston's Big Dig.

[devane617]

I thought that was funny too.

[Brad’s Gramma]

First they're trying to run over the police in AZ and now this......ping.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

This is why we need to build a 2,100-mile border fence with machinegun towers and everything, so we can shoot those people tunnelling under the fence...uh, nevermind.

[AbeKrieger]

Should have kept the discovery quiet, and set up a marshall with a weapon on the US end, and shoot 'em as they exit. One at a time.

[apackof2]

"Made of concrete, the passageway had lighting, electricity, ventilation and a pump to remove water, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement"

"It was the third such tunnel found in three years near the San Ysidro port, Mack said. Others were discovered in 2003 and 2004, she said."

[txhurl]

LOL!

[Thinkin' Gal]

How many headlines could swap US for Israel or Israel for the US, and it would all look the same? What else are they bringing in from Egypt, er Mexico?

Just another symptom of drug er medically induced comas.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

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[devane617]

search did not yield a duplicate...

[GingisK]

...2 tons of marijuana were inside the tunnel...indicating that it appears to have been used to transport drugs.

I wonder if thet needed an outside consultant to make this connection?

[ASA Vet]

I agree with your first phrase, but ra^ther than a Marshal how about several claymores inside the tunnel.

[devane617]

I wonder sometimes how this stuff gets written. Worse yet, I wonder if officials think that...

[Kidan]

Should have kept the discovery quiet, and set up a marshall with a weapon on the US end, and shoot 'em as they exit. One at a time.


No, landmines.

[EGPWS]

Authorities have found what they call the largest tunnel running into the United States along the U.S.-Mexican border.

If the dope has a means to infiltrate our country then so do Islamic terrorists.

Gee, CNN may as well write a handbook on how to gain illegal entrance to the USA and distribute it to terrorists.