Mexican Authorities Uncover Cross-Border Tunnel Likely Used to Traffic Drugs Headed to Chicago Area

Mexican authorities uncover cross-border tunnel likely used to traffic drugs headed to Chicago area

Mexican authorities found a cross-border tunnel in Tijuana they are now reporting was used to traffic thousands of pounds of drugs across the border into the U.S. Some of those drugs were likely headed to the Midwest and the Chicago area.

Cross-border tunnel drug bust

Andrew Chang breaks down the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's investigation of a nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel — complete with ventilation, lighting and an electric rail system — which allegedly carried millions of dollars' worth of drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to a San Diego, Calif., Buy4Less storefront. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

San Diego-Tijuana cocaine tunnel suspects held without bond

A judge ordered that two of the four suspects arrested in connection with the discovery of a sophisticated underground tunnel connecting San Diego and Tijuana be held without bond.

Four Charged with Trafficking $45 Million in Cocaine Through Cross-Border Tunnel in San Diego

Four men have been charged after a Homeland Security Task Force investigation discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel used to smuggle narcotics from Tijuana, Mexico, to a retail establishment just south of San Diego, California. The four men were charged after the discovery of the tunnel and subsequent seizure of more than a ton of cocaine. | Border / Cartel Chronicles

2,000-Foot Tunnel Used To Smuggle Cocaine From Mexico Found Underneath 'Fake' Store In San Diego

cave tunnel Smuggling drugs can be a very lucrative line of work, and the criminals who engage in that activity tend to go to great lengths to avoid being caught. That was literally the case with the people overseeing an operation that was recently busted in San Diego, as authorities discovered a nearly 2,000-foot tunnel to Mexico hidden underneath a store that didn’t actually sell anything. The illegal nature of drug smuggling means there’s no …

What Authorities Found Beneath This Store Led Straight To The Cartels

Federal authorities busted a massive cross-border drug tunnel leading to a fake California storefront that investigators say was used to move cocaine into the United States. The tunnel, which stretched 1,933 feet from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California, near the border port of entry, was 55 feet deep and 4.5 feet high, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of California. The covert passageway led to a purported…