The Mexico tunnel is not a new public works project from the Department of Transportation. A substance smuggling operation used the Mexico tunnel to ship massive amounts of marijuana from Tijuana to San Diego. When DEA agents found the Mexico canal, they scored a 30 ton marijuana bust.
Mexico tunnel likely dug by drug cartel
The Mexico tunnel linked warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana where drug smugglers stored their stash. The cost of the operation of the Mexico tunnel would have been quite steep. This is why it is expected that a Mexican drug cartel had been involved. A Drug Enforcement Agency investigation began Tuesday when DEA agents noticed a suspicious looking semi-truck leaving a warehouse in an industrial area near the Mexican border. There were 10 tons of marijuana found within the trailer as a Border Patrol checkpoint stopped the truck. DEA agents then raided the warehouse and found an additional 10 to 15 tons of weed.
Finding $20 million in pot
The DEA agents found the Mexico tunnel when looking the place. A small closet within the floor had a hole there that began it. The passageway that had been found had been lighted and ventilated. It was 20 feet under the ground and six football fields long. An additional warehouse in Mexico had been at the end of the tunnel. Mexican authorities were alerted and one more 4 tons of marijuana were seized south of the border. The DEA estimates marijuana it confiscated is worth $20 million on the street.
Drug traffic to continue
The Mexico tunnel isn't the only one underground. Drug cartels are underground most of the time now with the drug smuggling crackdown. 150 tons of marijuana were seized by Mexican authorities last month. This bust in Tijuana was the largest in Mexican history to be recorded. As outlined by the Christian Science Monitor, the recent seizures of drugs won't stop anything. Illegal drugs will still come to the U.S. from Mexico. The Monitor's Sarah Miller wrote her opinion on it. She said the Mexican government has just a PR victory. Her comments prompted the Mexican U.S. ambassador to write Miller an angry letter.
Info from
Los Angeles Times
latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1104-drug-tunnel-20101104,0,595478.story
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/News/secret-tunnels-mexico-us-smuggling-drugs-guns-people/story?id=12057362&page=2
Christian Science Monitor
csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/1020/Mexico-seizes-105-tons-of-marijuana-in-Tijuana.-Does-it-matter
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