Border Patrol finds 'refined' drug tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego

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U.S. Border Patrol brokers not too long ago found and disabled an almost 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling tunnel sitting beneath the US-Mexico border .

Brokers discovered the tunnel — which linked Tijuana and San Diego — in early April whereas it was actively below building.

The underground passageway ran below a part of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and had a projected exit level close to or inside a business warehouse house in San Diego, in keeping with an announcement from U.S. Customs and Border Safety.

Upon getting into the "extremely refined" tunnel, authorities had been met with barricades seemingly positioned to forestall law enforcement from discovering its entrance, the announcement famous.

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U.S. Border Patrol brokers not too long ago found and disabled an almost 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling tunnel sitting beneath the US-Mexico border. (U.S. Customs and Border Safety)

The tunnel — which reached depths of round 50 toes underground at its deepest level — measured 2,918 toes lengthy, 42 inches tall and 28 inches extensive. It was geared up with lighting, electrical wiring, air flow methods and a monitor system for transporting giant quantities of contraband.

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Border Patrol brokers — working alongside Homeland Safety Investigations and Authorities of Mexico authorities — discovered the doorway level to the tunnel on Monday inside a home within the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood in Tijuana . The doorway had not too long ago been lined up with freshly laid tile, in keeping with the announcement.

U.S. Border Patrol brokers not too long ago found and disabled an almost 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling tunnel sitting beneath the US-Mexico border. (U.S. Customs and Border Safety)

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Hundreds of gallons of concrete will quickly be poured into the tunnel to forestall it from being utilized by International Terrorist Organizations, U.S. Customs and Border Safety famous.

Visitors backs up the San Ysidro Southbound Inspection as individuals enter Tijuana, Mexico on the Otay Mesa Port of Entry on Could 3, 2025, in San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter/Getty Photographs)

"As we proceed to strengthen the nation’s air and maritime border safety, it’s not shocking that international terrorist organizations would resort to underground routes," Jeffrey D. Stalnaker, performing chief patrol agent of the San Diego Sector, mentioned in a press release. "Disruption of narcotics smuggling tunnels is essential to defending American lives."

Greater than 95 tunnels have been decommissioned within the San Diego space since 1993.

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