US-Mexico Border: Underground Tunnel Found for Drug, Weapon Smuggling
Authorities said the 265-meter passage had lights, ventilation and a sliding mechanism and was used to store weapons, explosives and drugs.
- On Saturday, authorities discovered an underground tunnel approximately 265 meters long connecting a Nueva Tijuana property to San Diego, with Mexico's Attorney General's Office stating it functioned as a storage and logistics hub for illicit trafficking.
- Security forces served a search warrant at the Tijuana residence for violations of the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives and the General Health Law, with assistance from the Mexican Navy.
- The tunnel features ventilation and an electronic sliding mechanism and measures approximately 6.30 meters deep; authorities seized 24 doses of methamphetamine, four cartridges, and three cell phones during the search.
- Homeland Security Investigations and the Homeland Security Task Force are conducting a related criminal enforcement operation, stating they cannot provide further details to protect the "integrity of the ongoing investigation."
- The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Baja California has taken custody of the evidence, continuing investigation into the tunnel believed to connect to a street in San Diego near Otay Mesa.
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Mexican authorities uncover cross-border tunnel in Tijuana likely used for drug, weapons trafficking
Mexican authorities found a cross-border tunnel in Tijuana possibly used for drug and weapons trafficking that likely connects to a well-known street in San Diego.
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