Two drug tunnels with rail systems found at US-Mexico border

Two drug tunnels with rail systems found at US-Mexico border

Originally published on April 4, 2014br br US federal agents have uncovered two drug-smuggling tunnels underneath the US-Mexico border, both surfacing in San Diego-area warehouses and equipped with rail systems for transporting contraband, officials said on Friday. br br The discovery led to the arrest of a 73-year-old woman suspected of running one of the warehouses connected to a drug smuggling operation, according to a joint press release made by four federal agencies. br br Authorities said the first tunnel was about 600 yards long and furnished with lighting, a crude rail system and wooden trusses and connected a warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico to one in an industrial park in the border community of Otay Mesa.br br The tunnel is accessed through a 70-foot shaft secured by a cement cover and includes a pulley system on the US side to hoist contraband up into the warehouse. br br The second tunnel was about 700 yards long and was more sophisticated, built with a multi-tiered electric rail system and an array of ventilation equipment.br br The two tunnels are the sixth and seventh cross-border tunnels discovered in the San Diego area in less than four years, according to authorities.


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