{"id":2059,"date":"2025-08-30T01:55:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2025-08-30T01:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:55:36","slug":"border-patrol-finds-3000-foot-drug-tunnel-near-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=2059","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Finds 3,000-Foot \u2018Drug Tunnel\u2019 Near San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Border Patrol agents recently uncovered and shut down a major drug-smuggling tunnel stretching from Tijuana, Mexico, into California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Daily Mail, the tunnel spanned nearly 3,000 feet, beginning beneath a home in Tijuana and ending near a warehouse in Otay Mesa, just south of San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities said the tunnel was still under construction when it was discovered in April, but was already very advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tunnel was equipped with electrical wiring, lighting, a ventilation system, and even a rail system to transport drugs. Authorities believe the Sinaloa Cartel, once led by Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n, is behind the construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although El Chapo is currently serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado, the cartel remains a dominant force in Mexico and along the U.S. border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agents reported that the tunnel measured approximately 42 inches in height, 28 inches in width, and extended as deep as 50 feet underground. Mexican authorities discovered the entrance concealed beneath freshly laid tile flooring in a home in the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood, the outlet reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Border Patrol reports that the discovery comes amid tight border security, with fewer illegal crossings in recent years. Jeffrey Stalnaker, the acting chief patrol agent in San Diego, commended the agents who discovered the tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStopping drug tunnels like this is vital to keeping Americans safe,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of our team and the help we got from Mexican police.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1993, authorities have discovered over 95 tunnels in the San Diego area. This latest tunnel will be sealed with concrete to ensure it cannot be used again, said the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another tunnel was discovered earlier this year in El Paso, Texas. Found on January 9, it stretched from Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico, into El Paso\u2019s storm drain system. Authorities said it had already been used for human smuggling, with some migrants reportedly paying as much as $20,000 to enter the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the tunnel in California, it was equipped with lighting, ventilation, and reinforced structural support to prevent collapse, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cornerstone of President Donald Trump\u2019s successful 2024 campaign was shutting down predecessor Joe Biden\u2019s \u201copen border\u201d policies and launching a mass deportation effort involving an estimated tens of millions of migrants in the country illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, shortly after his victory last November, thousands of retired law enforcement officers and military veterans have stepped forward to be a part of the team to track and deport those in the nation illegally, then-incoming border czar Thomas Homan told \u201cFox & Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI shut my phone off Friday night because I couldn\u2019t handle the phone calls, and texts and emails from thousands of ICE agents and border patrol agents excited about the rumor I\u2019m coming back,\u201d the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump\u2019s first term said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut more important than that, thousands of retired agents, retired Border Patrol agents, retired military [want] to come in and volunteer to help this president secure the border and do the deportation operation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homan subsequently spoke to Donald Trump Jr. on his \u201cTriggered\u201d podcast via Rumble, where he promised \u201cshock and awe\u201d on the first day of the new administration when it comes to deportations of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s your overarching message to Americans who are eager for major border action on minute one? Like, on inauguration day, one second in, how much will you be able to improve the lives of everyday Americans?\u201d the president-elect\u2019s son said to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got three words for them \u2013 shock and awe,\u201d the incoming border czar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to see us take this country back, and, look, like I said before, it isn\u2019t just about the deportation operation. This is about saving the children and about securing the border. What\u2019s the results? Less overdose deaths, less sex trafficking, for God\u2019s sake, one of the worst crimes around, less migrants dying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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