The Ellis County Press: Soldiers Discover Half Built Tunnel at US -Mexican Border

Soldiers Discover Half Built Tunnel at US -Mexican Border
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Editor on 11/09/2009 09:46:00


TIJUANA, MEXICO —  MEXICAN TROOPS DISCOVERED A 122 YARD LONG TUNNEL APPARENTLY
AIMED AT CROSSING THE U.S. BORDER UNDERGROUND.
ARMY GEN. ALBERTO DUARTE MUJICA SAYS SOLDIERS FOUND THE HALF-BUILT TUNNEL UNDER
A THREE-STORY BUILDING IN THE BORDER CITY OF TIJUANA.
THE ARMY SAID SUNDAY THAT SOLDIERS RAIDED A WAREHOUSE WHERE EQUIPMENT USED TO
BUILD THE TUNNEL WAS STORED, AND FOUND 275 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. THEY ALSO
DETAINED SEVEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN IN THE SATURDAY RAID.
THE WOOD-LINED, 6-FOOT HIGH TUNNEL WAS APPARENTLY MEANT TO EXTEND ANOTHER 144
YARDS TO REACH U.S. TERRITORY. IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICAL LIGHTS AND A
VENTILATION SYSTEM. DRUG AND IMMIGRANT SMUGGLERS OFTEN USE SUCH TUNNELS.
FOR VIDEO OF THIS NEWS STORY FROM EURONEWS CLICK HERE.
For 100 pictures of this tunnel from the Associated Press click here.