Thread: TONS OF DRUGS FOUND IN MAJOR DRUG TUNNEL AT US-MEXICO BORDER

TONS OF DRUGS FOUND IN MAJOR DRUG TUNNEL AT US-MEXICO BORDER

Photo: San Diego 6 news partner Channel 12

By San Diego 6 News Team
By SD6 Laura Nguyen
By Associated Press
Story Published: Oct 22, 2015 at 10:11 AM PDT
Story Updated: Oct 22, 2015 at 11:22 AM PDT

OTAY MESA - About 10 tons of marijuana were discovered inside a tunnel built to smuggle drugs from Tijuana to San Diego, Mexican authorities said Thursday.

According to Mexican authorities, 10 tons of marijuana were confiscated from that side of the border. Authorities say the marijuana was wrapped in 873 packages.

Mexican authorities also say 16 people between the ages of 21 and 50, all from the state of Sinaloa, were detained on suspicion of drug trafficking.

They say the tunnel was about 10 (32 feet) meters deep and 800 meters (2,600 feet) long.

Mexican authorities report the tunnel was lit, ventilated, equipped with a rail car system, and lined with metal beams to prevent collapse.

Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers taped off a building at 2587 Otay Center Dr. near Siempre Viva Road late Wednesday night, according to 10News.

SanDiego 6 shows video taken by Eligio Hernandez at the scene Wednesday night.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has not confirmed any information, including if the tunnel has an exit in the U.S.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/...in-tunnel.html

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I.C.E. News Release

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10/22/2015


Feds shutter highly sophisticated smuggling tunnel south of San Diego


22 arrested in the US and Mexico; 12 tons of marijuana seized






SAN DIEGO – Federal agents with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force and Mexican authorities Wednesday night shut down one of the longest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels ever discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border, seizing 12 tons of marijuana and arresting 22 suspects.

The just completed tunnel extends the length of approximately eight footballs fields, from a warehouse in Tijuana to a building in San Diego’s Otay Mesa industrial park. The reinforced passageway features lighting, ventilation equipment and a rail cart transportation system.

Wednesday’s enforcement actions stem from a six-month undercover probe conducted by the San Diego Tunnel Task Force, spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

“Agents on the HSI-led Tunnel Task force in San Diego have once again dismantled a sophisticated cross-border tunnel that was about to become fully operational,” said Dave Shaw, special agent in charge of HSI San Diego.

“As this investigation makes clear, we’re focused on ensuring border security and combating the cartels’ increasingly brazen and dangerous underground smuggling strategy.”

“We see a super tunnel open for business once every year or so,” said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy. “Just when they think they’re ready to move, we put it out of business. We continue to make good on our promise to relentlessly pursue and shutdown any tunnel as soon as it opens.”

Upon entering the Otay Mesa warehouse that concealed the tunnel’s U.S. entrance, investigators discovered a large room cluttered with boxes, tile and carpet remnants.

From the entry point, the tunnel’s shaft plunged more than 30 feet, with no mechanism for ascending or descending into the corridor.

On the U.S. side, investigators recovered two tons of marijuana and made six arrests. Two of the defendants - Isaias Enriquez-Acosta, 53, of Tijuana, Mexico, and Isidro Silva-Acosta, 27, also of Tijuana - are being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. Both are charged in federal complaints with unlawful conspiracy to import a controlled substance and conspiracy to use border tunnels. The remaining four suspects, who were detained by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, face state charges.

In addition to the arrests in the U.S., authorities in Mexico detained 16 individuals and seized an additional 10 tons of marijuana.

The San Diego Tunnel Task Force began investigating suspicious activity at the Otay Mesa warehouse six months ago. Authorities made the decision to proceed with the takedown after determining the tunnel had been completed. Defendant Silva was taken into custody at the tunnel site, while defendant Enriquez-Acosta was arrested at a nearby hotel.

Wednesday’s passageway is the 10th large-scale drug smuggling tunnel discovered in the San Diego area since 2006. In the last five years, federal authorities have detected more than 80 cross-border smuggling tunnels, most of them in California and Arizona.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/fe...outh-san-diego