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Border officials discover drug-trafficking tunnel running from Mexico into California
[FoxNews] The 183-foot long tunnel was about 22 feet underground.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents uncovered an extensive tunnel connecting Mexico to California that may have served as part of a massive drug trafficking operation. Homeland Security Investigations, a sub-division of ICE, discovered the 183-foot long tunnel in Mexicali, Baja California, around 22 feet underground near the international border. Working with Mexican authorities, HIS San Diego Task Force agents determined that a drug trafficking organization dug the tunnel. "These types of tunnels enable drug traffickers to conduct illicit activities virtually undetected across the U.S.–Mexico border," said Cardell T. Morant, special agent in charge of HSI San Diego. "Discovering and shutting down these tunnels deals a major blow to drug trafficking organizations because it denies them the ability to smuggle drugs, weapons and people across the border." The tunnel’s entrance is about three feet north of the border wall but has no exit on the U.S. side of the border, the agency said in a press release. Related: Mexicali: 2020-07-01 Coronavirus Jumps the Border, Overwhelming Hospitals in California Mexicali: 2020-05-21 Coronaplague Roundup Mexicali: 2020-04-22 Ensenada blocks access to city to protect citizens from coronavirus Related: Baja California: 2020-09-23 Screaming 'Karen' attacks Native Americans staging a protest against Trump's border wall - and then mocks them when they refuse to fight back and start praying to their ancestors Baja California: 2020-07-01 Coronavirus Jumps the Border, Overwhelming Hospitals in California Baja California: 2020-05-21 Coronaplague Roundup Related: San Diego: 2021-07-18 Washington Nationals suspend game vs. Padres after shooting reported outside stadium; Update: 3 shot San Diego: 2021-07-14 Navy Secretary Hearing After Damaging Report Released San Diego: 2021-07-11 Police: Man arrested in San Diego after Chicago slaying of Puerto Rican couple Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-09 |
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