Controlled explosions expected in Mount Cristo Rey area for construction of new border wall

KVIA.com (El Paso, Texas) ^ | January 20, 2026 | By Heriberto Perez Lara

[BeauBo]

The U.S. federal government is about to begin construction of a new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Mount Cristo Rey area of ​​Sunland Park, New Mexico.

According to the El Paso Sector Border Patrol and the Ciudad Juárez Civil Protection Department, controlled detonations are expected to begin today (20 Jan) to prepare the ground and lay the foundation for this new border wall...

...last summer that approximately 1.3 kilometers of new border barrier were approved for the Sunland Park area, south of the mountain. The goal of this new wall in that area is to deter illegal immigration into the United States further, as this section of the border has lacked a wall for years and has been a very active area for migrant crossings, according to Border Patrol.

The controlled blasts are expected to begin around noon on Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: borderwall; immigration

[BeauBo]

This steep section of the mountain on the West flank of El Paso has long been an active route for smuggling and illegal immigration. It is tough terrain to build barrier, but it is now underway. Without barrier, We had to deploy troops from the 10th Mountain Division to protect this gap, but 30 foot bollards, patrol road and sensor suites are now going in.

[PeterPrinciple]

https://science.howstuffworks.com/controlled-detonation.htm

How Controlled Detonations Work

[aces]

https://youtu.be/oZcfkozIPDI?si=Pz1csrvXGnrjRZai

[Pontiac]

I wonder if they will unintentionally collapse smuggler tunnels.

From the picture, probably not. But who knows?

[rlmorel]

Thank you for the update! Keep them coming, FRiend!

[Parley Baer]

Now this is what I voted for.

[ckilmer]

They should have ground penetrating radar at this point.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I voted for this! MAGA! *Applause*

[Jeff Chandler]

https://www.google.com/maps/search/Mount+Cristo+Rey+area+of+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8BSunland+Park,+New+Mexico/@31.7870498,-106.5661435,7666m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDExMy4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2N0gBUAM%3D

[No name given]

Here’s hoping those smuggler tunnels are collapsed.

[No name given]

And me as well.

[No name given]

So did I.

[donozark]

This is the general area where the ill-fated group We Build the Wall was operating. This action will surely cause the anti-Wall folks to lose their minds. If such is possible.

[FrankRizzo890]

(Waits patiently for someone to determine that these blasts would endanger the spotted owl, or the snail darter, and that they must be stopped.)