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Mexico cops discover massive tunnel into America from Tijuana — and it was hidden in plain sight
NY Post ^ | 06/01/2026 | Zain Khan

Posted on 06/01/2026 9:46:58 AM PDT by DFG

Cops on both sides of the US-Mexico border are investigating a sprawling underground passage uncovered in the Tijuana area that is believed to extend toward the US.

The tunnel was found Saturday in the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood during a raid carried out by Mexican federal authorities with support from the Mexican Navy, according to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office.

The underground route was uncovered after authorities executed a search warrant at a property in eastern Tijuana.

During the operation, officers seized a variety of items, including ammunition, cell phones, bank cards, a digital video recorder and dozens of doses of methamphetamine.

While inspecting the site, investigators located a wooden-lined tunnel that officials believe was constructed to reach the U.S. border.

Mexican authorities said evidence recovered during the raid suggests the property may have been used as a logistical center for criminal activity, including the storage and movement of narcotics, weapons and explosive materials.

Following the search, both the seized evidence and the property were transferred to federal prosecutors, who are continuing the investigation.

The discovery has also drawn the attention of U.S. authorities.

In a statement, Homeland Security Investigations confirmed agents are participating in an active probe involving the underground passage near Otay Mesa, a major border crossing area between Tijuana and San Diego. Investigators said the hidden passage stretches roughly 869 feet and sits about 21 feet below ground, making it one of the more substantial cross-border tunnel discoveries in recent years.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: california; cartel; cartels; methamphetamine; mexico; newyorkpost; otaybuckwheat; otaymesa; sandiego; tijuana; tunnel; xavierbecerra; zainkhan

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1 posted on 06/01/2026 9:46:58 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Rats gotta get their voters here somehow!


2 posted on 06/01/2026 9:50:15 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: DFG

Better call Saul. (Saul Goodman).


3 posted on 06/01/2026 9:51:04 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (B''H We are given a new day today, with new choices. Choose wisely!)
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To: DFG
...ammunition, cell phones, bank cards, a digital video recorder and dozens of doses of methamphetamine.

Kinda sounds like a typical traffic stop in Akron.

4 posted on 06/01/2026 9:53:29 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: DFG

Somehow I thought our government used ground penetrating Radar and scanned the border line to find stuff like this ?

or am I thinking way to far out of the box for government work.


5 posted on 06/01/2026 9:54:51 AM PDT by algore ( )
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To: DFG

Tunnels in TJ are nothing new. From AI....

The first widely reported tunnel found between Tijuana and San Diego was discovered on January 25, 2006. It ran from a warehouse near the Tijuana airport to a warehouse in San Diego and was about 2,400 feet long.


6 posted on 06/01/2026 10:02:37 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: algore

“Somehow I thought our government used ground penetrating Radar and scanned the border line to find stuff like this ?”

Depends on the soil. Tunnel was 21’ below the surface.

Articl doesn’t say where and how far it extended into the US or what was above tunnel.

OTOH, we may have located it and quietly tipped off the Mexicans.


7 posted on 06/01/2026 10:05:54 AM PDT by TexasGator (1i11'./1)
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To: Regulator

Mexico probably built it.


8 posted on 06/01/2026 10:15:09 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Libloather
"Kinda sounds like a typical traffic stop in Akron.

Hahahahaha! Good one.

I was thinking Slim Pickens, "A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Las Vegas with all this stuff..."

9 posted on 06/01/2026 10:17:23 AM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: DFG

Got to have a way for voters to get to the polls.


10 posted on 06/01/2026 10:19:04 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: DFG

A sign has been found near the entrance. It says JoeBama tunnel !


11 posted on 06/01/2026 10:20:15 AM PDT by cquiggy (Ck)
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To: DFG

Should hire them to build the hi-speed rail in Cali.


12 posted on 06/01/2026 10:36:55 AM PDT by Irenic
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To: DFG

...Mexican federal authorities with support from the Mexican Navy,


Why the Navy? From what I’ve read the Mexican Navy (Armada) is the least corrupt of the Mexican government. It’s why you see Mexican Marines involved in big-time drug busts.


13 posted on 06/01/2026 10:38:38 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Irenic

bttt


14 posted on 06/01/2026 10:41:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: DFG

THIS is why criminals ought do hard labor. Because they can do really good work!

Unfortunately, the tunnel guys end up sitting in jail, when the tunnels of oil pipelines around the straights of hormuz could be all finished by now, making iran irrelevant.

And gov newsome could have a tunnel to his hairdresser, limiting our need to see him in public.

Tragic


15 posted on 06/01/2026 10:50:19 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: DFG
During the operation, officers seized a variety of items, including ammunition, cellphones, bank cards, a digital video recorder and dozens of doses of methamphetamine.

It sounds like the tunnel was abandoned before the raid, with a token amount of "evidence" left behind so the police could look like they're doing their job.

16 posted on 06/01/2026 11:23:18 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: DFG

Mexico is America’s biggest enemy.


17 posted on 06/01/2026 11:36:40 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Illegal Alien Border Invaders are the broken windows of America. Influencers of violence and crime.)
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To: KitJ

Major (King) Kong.


18 posted on 06/01/2026 12:00:37 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Call my personal secretary, Jennie, at 867-5309.)
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To: DFG

Secret Mexican tunnels are like cockroaches, for every one you find there are a thousand more to be discovered.


19 posted on 06/01/2026 1:24:18 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: DFG

A tunnel like that could be worth billions of dollars. If they only found a few doses of drugs and some abandoned weapons and burner phones, I’d say this was a “gimme” that the drug cartel gave away so the government could look like its doing something.


20 posted on 06/01/2026 4:14:12 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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