Suspected Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Found in Tijuana Is So Long Authorities Don’t Have Enough Oxygen to Reach Other End
16th July 2024
The suspected drug-smuggling tunnel found last week in Tijuana, in northern Mexico, is so long that authorities haven’t been able to find the exit point without oxygen tanks. Baja California’s Secretary of Public Safety, Leopoldo Tizoc Aguilar Durán, said his team is in the process of getting the tanks to finish the investigation.
Aguilar did confirm that the tunnel is connected to another one found two years ago that does run into U.S. territory. American authorities have been notified of the finding and are looking for an exit point in the country, he said.
Previous tunnels found in the area could provide hints about the nature of this latest discovery. One found two years ago (although unclear if it’s the one Aguilar was referring to) had the length of six football fields and featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls. Concretely, it was a third of a mile long, four feet in diameter and about six stories deep.
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