EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- As the search continues for the people who built a smuggling tunnel from Juarez to El Paso, the U.S. has begun to seal it. On Thursday morning, a flatbed truck carrying large sacks of cement mix was parked along Gate 28 of the border wall as workers lowered buckets of cement into the tunnel. 
		 
	
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- As the search continues for the people who built a smuggling tunnel from Juarez to El Paso, the U.S. has begun to seal it. On Thursday morning, a flatbed truck carrying large sacks of cement mix was parked along Gate 28 of the border wall as workers lowered buckets of cement into the tunnel. 
	
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Workers and Border Patrol elements closed the tunnel with cement and concrete. It is being investigated who built the tunnel and how many migrants used it to pass it to the United States illegally.

Trabajadores y elementos del Border Patrol clausuraron el túnel con cemento y concreto. Se esta investigando quién construyó el túnel y cuántos migrantes lo usaron para pasar a Estados Unidos de forma ilegal.

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U.S. authorities on Thursday closed the clandestine tunnel discovered a week ago under the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo in the U.S.) that connects Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Mexico) with El Paso, Texas, allegedly used by drug and human traffickers. The underground passage, located in an area close to the border with the United States, was discovered last Friday during a joint operation between authorities from both countries. This Thursday, from the Mex…

Autoridades de Estados Unidos clausuraron este jueves el túnel clandestino descubierto hace una semana debajo del río Bravo (río Grande en EE.UU.) y que conecta a Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (México) con El Paso, Texas, presuntamente utilizado por traficantes de drogas y personas. El paso subterráneo, ubicado en una zona cercana a la frontera con Estados Unidos, fue descubierto el pasado viernes durante un operativo conjunto entre autoridades de am…

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On the morning of Thursday, January 16, Border Patrol personnel began work to close the tunnel that was found at marker 28 between the border of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas on January 10. The closure of the passage on the American side occurs one week after it was discovered and secured by authorities on both sides of the border in an operation that was carried out binationally and simultaneously. From the edge of the Rio Grande in Ciudad J…

La mañana de este jueves 16 de enero personal de la Patrulla Fronteriza comenzó con los trabajos para llevar a cabo el cierre del túnel que se encontró a la altura del marcador 28 entre la frontera de Ciudad Juárez y El Paso, Texas el pasado 10 de enero.El cierre del pasadizo de lado americano, se da a una semana de que fuera descubierto y asegurado por autoridades de ambos lados de la frontera en un operativo que se realizó de forma binacional …

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Border Patrol begins closing tunnel found in Ciudad Juarez

El Paso, Texas, Mexico.- U.S. authorities sealed off last week's illegal tunnel connecting from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, to El Paso, Texas. "The area is being covered with concrete from the North American side," said Claudio Herrera, spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol in the El Paso sector. "But investigations continue." The closing actions of the passageway included elements of the Border Patrol of the Confined Space Entry Team (CSET).

El Paso, Texas, México.- Autoridades de Estados Unidos sellaron este 16 de enero el túnel ilegal descubierto la semana pasada que conectaba de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, hacia El Paso, Texas. "Se está tapando el área con concreto del lado norteamericano", informó Claudio Herrera, vocero de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos en el sector de El Paso. 
"Pero las investigaciones continúan". 
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