Thread: Second Tunnel in 3 Weeks Discovered Under U.S.-Mexico Border Near Calexico

Second Tunnel in 3 Weeks Discovered Under U.S.-Mexico Border Near Calexico

Posted 10:26 AM, April 17, 2016,
by Tracy Bloom,
Updated at 02:42pm, April 17, 2016


A Border Patrol agent uncovered a hidden tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico on April 15, 2016. (Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

A cross border tunnel was discovered near Calexico Friday, marking the second such discovery in three weeks, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

An El Centro Sector Border Patrol agent first found the hidden tunnel around 11:30 a.m. while conducting routine patrol duties along the border, the release stated.

The agent noticing a depression in the soil along the banks of the All-American Canal and approached it. As the agent did so, the soil gave way, exposing an 18-inch hole with lumber and electrical wiring inside, according to the release.

The tunnel — approximately three feet wide and 142 feet in length — was quickly secured, authorities said. It began about 60 feet south of the border in Mexico.

142 feet in length — was quickly secured, authorities said. It began about 60 feet south of the border in Mexico.

“This is exactly what our Border Patrol agents are on patrol for,” El Centro Sector Chief Rodney Scott said in the release. “They are on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary along our vast Southwest border. This agent saw something that didn’t look quite right and it turned out to be a tunnel.”

The discovery marks the third time a cross border tunnel was found in the Calexico area within a year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Three weeks ago, four people were arrested after Border Patrol agents located an alleged secret drug tunnel underneath a three-bedroom house in Calexico, authorities said. The tunnel’s entrance was inside a restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico.

More than 1,500 pounds of marijuana worth approximately $6 million was confiscated in the March 23 incident.

CNN contributed to this story.


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Border Patrol finds tunnel between Mexico and California
Updated 10:09 pm, Friday, April 15, 2016




This Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows a tunnel that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico, Calif. The passage
extends about 60 feet into Mexico and at least 80 feet into the United States. It was not immediately clear if the tunnel was completed.(U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP

CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent found a tunnel extending across the Mexican border to California.


The passage extends about 60 feet into Mexico and at least 80 feet into the United States. It was not immediately clear if the tunnel was completed.


An agent assigned to patrol near the city of Calexico on Thursday spotted unusual soil, which caved in. Mexican authorities later found an entry in open desert south of the border.



The Border Patrol says the passage was about 18 inches wide, reinforced with wood and equipped with lighting and ventilation.


U.S. authorities have found more than 75 tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last five years, mostly in California and Arizona and many of them incomplete.

They are typically designed to smuggle marijuana.

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Obama
know all about this tunnel & will not do one thing about it . why don't the gov do away with it ?

by the look of this tunnel this was build long ago just look at the the wall out let & the wood i say
all of our gov new all about this don't kid your self