As reported by Newsweek:
After one of the longest cross-border tunnels between Mexico and the U.S. was discovered near San Diego earlier this month, several tons of cocaine and marijuana were seized, officials said on Wednesday.
The 2,622-foot-long tunnel started under a house in Tijuana, Mexico and ran to an industrial lot in Otay Mesa, around 20 miles southeast of San Diego, which was advertised as being part of a wooden pallet business, the Associated Press reports. The tunnel was about three feet wide and had rail and lighting systems and ventilation. The tunnel’s exit in the U.S. was a three-foot-diameter hole that was sometimes covered by a large dumpster.
The Tijuana house where the tunnel originated was equipped with a “sophisticated” elevator large enough for eight people, according to the Justice Department. The tunnel is believed to be the longest discovered along the California-Mexico border. …
Has this story been serialized, as it seems to have been a staple for at least ten-years now (or longer)?
Just think if a terrorist organization was using these tunnels to smuggle weapons and fighters to kill us (i.e., Gaza), would DHS be any more effective than the Israeli’s in discovering and dismantling them?