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Author: Kevin Bohn

Date: 26-01-2006

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/mexico.tunnel/index.html

Copyright: © 2006 Cable News Network LP, LLLP.

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Authorities have found what they call the largest and most sophisticated tunnel running into the United States along the Mexican border.

 

The tunnel contained 2 tons of marijuana, stacked in bales, according to a statement issued by the Justice Department.

 

DEA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents discovered the tunnel Wednesday night. It runs from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California.

 

Officials said the tunnel is about seven-tenths of a mile (1,148 meters) or more than 1,200 yards long. Initial reports said it is 5 feet high and 3.5 feet wide.

 

Authorities said they believe the passageway originates under a warehouse about 150 yards south of the border and surfaces about a half-mile north of the border in another warehouse.

 

Made of concrete, the passageway had lighting, electricity, ventilation and a pump to remove water, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

 

Most of the marijuana was uncovered on the Mexican side, but some of it was in the United States, Mack said.

 

"It's definitely expected to be related to a major drug cartel in Mexico," she said. No arrests have been made.

 

An investigation is under way to determine who built the passageway.

 

Mack said human intelligence led to the discovery of the underground structure. Agents then used ground-penetrating radar technology from the military to find anomalies in the soil, she said.

 

Earlier this month, U.S. border patrol agents investigating a caved-in road discovered another tunnel between Mexico and the United States, west of the San Ysidro, California, port of entry.

 

It was the third such tunnel found in three years near the San Ysidro port, Mack said. Others were discovered in 2003 and 2004, she said.

 

"We found trash and other evidence indicating people had been inside recently," Mack said in a phone interview January 11, describing the passage as "primitive."

 

Tightened border security since the September 11, 2001, attacks is the likely cause for the increase in the tunneling, Mack said.

 

More than 20 cross-border tunnels have been uncovered in California and Arizona since 9/11, she added.

 

"We've now got a dedicated tunnel task force, which works with the DEA and border patrol to proactively look for tunnels," Mack said.

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well then.... :)

this is a classic reason why pot should be legal.....2 tons of pot....mmmm how many US dollars would be leaving the country through that tunnel....pot grown at home keeps the cash flow in the community........mmmm building the economy

 

I live in SA and this would be a ghost town if it wasnt for hydro...B) :whistling

 

:) lol :smoke

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well then.... :)

this is a classic reason why pot should be legal.....2 tons of pot....mmmm how many US dollars would be leaving the country through that tunnel....pot grown at home keeps the cash flow in the community........mmmm building the economy

 

I live in SA and this would be a ghost town if it wasnt for hydro...B)   :whistling

 

:)  lol  :smoke

 

the mexicans can get close double the amount of cash north of the border though

because there is more demand and more money to buy it

 

I paid 80 AUS dollars for a single good ounce when i was in cancoon where as in the us they would likely get closer to 150AUS and for many of these people taking the risk for that kind of gain just isn't worth a seccond thought they just do it

 

as for the fact it should be legal though I ofcourse can't agree more as when you take away the demand for something the profit magins fall , then the ones only profitiering out of it all start to question if what they do is worth it anymore and then and i belive only then will there be and end to the "war on drugs"

 

crazy how much effort was clearly put into this tunnel though , my only Q is what morons idea was it to leave 2 tons of pot lying around down there :) :P

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yeah that was just a tad silly leaving those buds down there  :)

 

probs off there heads :smoke 2 tone :thumbsup

 

quick spliff , run 1200 yards grab a bottle of budwieser .... root ya yankee wife ... run back through tunnel couple of shots of tequila , spend some us dollars .....

 

i can see why there was some pot laid around :)

 

ev :smoke

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