Sophisticated tunnel found in Nogales

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A 250-foot long tunnel with electricity, lighting, water pumps and ventilation was discovered in Nogales by border officials.

The underground passageway was 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall and originated from an abandoned building in Nogales, Sonora, a Border Patrol news release said. It went 15 feet below ground.

Border Patrol agents first discovered evidence of a possible tunnel a week ago, triggering a coordinated effort between Mexican and U.S. federal officials.

The tunnel is one of the most sophisticated of the 40-plus tunnels found since fiscal year 2008 in the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector.
Most drug tunnels are short, cramped and rudimentary.

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With all the ingenuity these people show for committing crimes and destroying lives, you would think they could fix their own country.

 

[waltky]

Marijuana tunnel discovered under the border...

Drug tunnel discovered under U.S.-Mexico border
Oct. 23, 2015 - The sophisticated tunnel has its own lighting and ventilations systems.

The discovery of a 2,600 foot-long tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border led to arrest of 22 people and confiscation of 12 tons of marijuana, officials said. The tunnel, 32 feet beneath the ground, linked warehouses in Otay Mesa, Calif., near San Diego, and Tijuana, Mexico, and had a ventilation system, lighting and small freight carts traveling on a rail. The arrests came late Wednesday after a raid by Mexican authorities.

A sophisticated tunnel for moving marijuana was built under the border between Mexico and the United states. A raid on October 22, 2015, led to 22 arrests.​

Isaias Enriquez-Acosta, 53, and Isidro Silva-Acosta, 27, were arrested in the United States and charged Thursday with unlawful conspiracy to import a controlled substance and conspiracy to use border tunnels and passages. Prosecutors said the raid was initiated after a U.S. Tunnel Task Force agent, who previously was involved in helping transport dirt from the San Diego warehouse, met with the two men to discuss the imminent delivery of marijuana through the tunnel.

The arrests ended a six-month investigation. Mexican agents observed "intense movement" of trucks entering and leaving the Tijuana warehouse, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement. U.S. officials said the arrests coincided with the first use of the tunnel to move a large quantity of drugs. "We see a super tunnel open for business once every year or so. Just when they think they're ready to move, we put it out of business," Laura Duffy of the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Drug tunnel discovered under U.S.-Mexico border

 

[dannyboys]

A 250-foot long tunnel with electricity, lighting, water pumps and ventilation was discovered in Nogales by border officials.

The underground passageway was 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall and originated from an abandoned building in Nogales, Sonora, a Border Patrol news release said. It went 15 feet below ground.

Border Patrol agents first discovered evidence of a possible tunnel a week ago, triggering a coordinated effort between Mexican and U.S. federal officials.

The tunnel is one of the most sophisticated of the 40-plus tunnels found since fiscal year 2008 in the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector.
Most drug tunnels are short, cramped and rudimentary.

Read the rest
Sophisticated tunnel found in Nogales

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With all the ingenuity these people show for committing crimes and destroying lives, you would think they could fix their own country.

You'd think they could do something other than deal in drugs.
Guess not.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Deal in whatever's valueable. Wanna end this sort of thing, legalize all drugs. Drug cartel power evaporates overnight.

Only thing achieved making commodoties illegal is those who'll provide them get more powerful.

 

[pwjohn]

There's way more then just dope smuggled across the border. And a lot of it's moving north to south. Whatever Mexicans cant buy new here and take back home, get's smuggled. And the list was very long which made smuggling into Mexico very lucrative. Very lucrative indeed.