Border Patrol Disables Nearly 3,000-Foot Smuggling Tunnel Linking Tijuana and San Diego

See nearly 3,000-foot-long drug tunnel found beneath US-Mexico border, feds say

A 2,918-foot-long tunnel for smuggling narcotics has been found beneath the US-Mexico border between Tijuana and San Diego, border agents say.

Border Patrol Found a Massive Tunnel From Tijuana to the U.S.

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Border Patrol agents discovered a sophisticated cross-border smuggling tunnel connecting California to Tijuana, Mexico.WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Mexican law enforcement officials.WHEN & WHERE: The tunnel was discovered in April under the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, with its entrance in…

Feds: Unfinished drug tunnel found at US-Mexico border

‘Highly sophisticated’ border tunnel found under California’s Otay Mesa Port of Entry

A “highly sophisticated” drug-smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego was located and disabled by the U.S. Border Patrol, officials said.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug smuggling tunnel

U.S. Border Patrol agents have located and disabled a large, unfinished drug smuggling tunnel stretching from Tijuana into the Otay Mesa area of San Diego. The tunnel extended more than 1,000 feet into U.S. territory and included lighting, ventilation, electrical wiring, and a rail system.

‘Highly sophisticated’ border tunnel found under California-Mexico port of entry

An incomplete but “highly sophisticated” drug-smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and Otay Mesa was located and disabled by the U.S. Border Patrol, officials said Wednesday. The cross-border tunnel was actively under construction when it was uncovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the sector’s Tunnel Team in early April. The team made entry into the passageway, which ran beneath part of the Otay Mesa port of entry, officials said. Offici…