- Title: MEXICO: SECRET TUNNEL DISCOVERED UNDER MEXICAN/U.S BORDER.
- Date: 2nd June 1993
- Summary: TIJUANA, MEXICO (JUNE 2, 1993) 1. GV EXTERIOR WAREHOUSE NEAR BORDER 0.03 2. CU NEWSMEN INSIDE WAREHOUSE 0.06 3. GV PAN EXTERIOR VIEW BORDER AREA 0.10 4. SV INTERIOR TUNNEL 0.14 5. GVS AND GV PAN EXTERIOR BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON U.S. SIDE OF BORDER/ INTERIORS TUNNEL (4 SHOTS) 0.24 6. GV PAN EXTERIOR BUILDING 0.27 7. TRACKING SHOT THROUGH TUNNEL 0.36 8. SV PAN ELECTRICITY GENERATOR 0.43 9. SV TUNNEL 0.46 10.SV MEN LOOKING INTO TUNNEL ENTRANCE AND VIEW DOWN SHAFT 0.53 11.CU AND PULL BACK TO GV VIEW BORDER REGION 1.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: TIJUANA, MEXICO
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- Country: Mexico LATIN AMERICA
- Reuters ID: LVA64E9HND89MRM9TUI57FA5NIP0
- Story Text: A 350-metre (380 yards) tunnel leading from Mexico into the United States was discovered on Wednesday (June 2) in the border city of Tijuana, the Attorney General's office said.
The still-unfinished tunnel, 1.5 metres (yards) in diameter, started from a warehouse and led towards a building under construction in nearby California. Construction tools and small wagons, apparently used to remove excavated dirt, were found inside the tunnel, which was ventilated by two large air-conditioning units. The entrance was through a false floor in a bathroom in the warehouse.
The well-constructed tunnel was 25 metres (27 yards) below the surface. No one was found in the tunnel or in the warehouse. The Attorney General's office offered no explanation for the tunnel's existence, but it is in an area where many immigrants cross into the United States illegally.
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