MEXICO-DRUGS Mexican authorities find an unfinished drug tunnel into the United States

Record ID: 145270

  • Title: MEXICO-DRUGS Mexican authorities find an unfinished drug tunnel into the United States
  • Date: 3rd August 2015
  • Summary: TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (AUGUST 2, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF BUILDING IN WHICH DRUG TUNNEL WAS DISCOVERED VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS GUARDING DOOR TO BUILDING A PERSON GOING INTO A HOLE IN THE FLOOR SECTION OF THE FLOOR WITH A HOLE IN IT WOMAN GOING INTO THE HOLE DOWN A LADDER VARIOUS OF TUNNEL BURLAP SACK INSIDE THE TUNNEL VARIOUS OF THE TUNNEL DOOR OF THE BU
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVACSJERUR2XJPGQ2SCV2OKPWKEW
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Mexican authorities discover an unfinished drug tunnel in Tijuana just two blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border.
    On Sunday (August 2) members of the media were allowed to take photos of the tunnel, the third such tunnel found in the area since April when two other tunnels were discovered.
    One of those tunnels had a sophisticated electricity and rail system and was 200-metre (655-feet) long.
    Over the past decade, more than 75 illegal tunnels have been found across the roughly 3,200 km (2,000 mile) U.S.-Mexico border.
    This is the first drug tunnel discovered since Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman escaped from a maximum security prison through a tunnel on July 12th.
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