Mexican Engineer Indicted over CJNG Cartel’s Drug Tunnel Into San Diego
Prosecutors say the tunnel carried more than 1 ton of cocaine worth over $45 million and is tied to a foreign terrorist organization.
- On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, a Mexican engineer accused of designing a cross-border tunnel for the Jalisco Nueva Generación to smuggle drugs into San Diego.
- Authorities discovered the approximately 1,933-foot tunnel inside a retail store called "Buy 4 Less" near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry during a May 29 raid.
- Known as "El Ingeniero," Hernandez was arrested Oct. 15 in Jalisco, Mexico, and faces charges including conspiracy to import drugs and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
- During the investigation, federal authorities seized more than 1 ton of cocaine valued at over $45 million, as the CJNG was designated a terrorist organization by the Trump administration last year.
- Hernandez is the seventh person charged in connection with this tunnel, while about 100 such smuggling passages have been discovered throughout Southern California over the last three decades.
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Luis Manuel Hernández Victoria, alias “El Ingeniero”, was accused by a federal grand jury from San Diego of designing and building a tunnel connecting Tijuana with a property near Otay Mesa
MichaelSavage.com – Illegal border tunnel to San Diego uncovered as ‘The Engineer’ charged in drug smuggling plot
A Mexican cartel allegedly built a sophisticated underground drug highway into San Diego, complete with a rail system, to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine across the US border. Now the alleged mastermind is facing federal charges. Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, known as “El Ingeniero” (The Engineer), is accused of designing and constructing the tunnel…
Sophisticated border tunnel to San Diego uncovered by police as ‘The Engineer’ charged in drug smuggling plot
Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, known as "El Ingeniero," is accused of designing an advanced underground tunnel with rail and ventilation systems for the CJNG cartel.
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