Hidden tunnel discovered in Tijuana may have supported cross-border trafficking operations

Mexican authorities person uncovered a blase underground passageway adjacent the U.S.-Mexico borderline that was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an physics transport system, which they accidental whitethorn link Tijuana to a thoroughfare successful San Diego.

Mexico's Attorney General's Office, known arsenic the FGR, announced the find Saturday pursuing a hunt warrant executed astatine a spot successful the Nueva Tijuana vicinity of Tijuana, Baja California.

Authorities said the passageway stretched astir 265 meters, oregon astir 870 feet, and reached a extent of astir 6.3 meters, oregon 21 feet underground.

According to investigators, the passageway contained operational infrastructure, including lighting and ventilation systems, arsenic good arsenic an physics sliding mechanics designed to determination items successful some directions betwixt Mexico and the U.S.

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Agents with Mexico's Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) analyse what authorities accidental was the entranceway to a blase cross-border passageway discovered successful Tijuana, Baja California. Mexican officials said the passageway was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an physics transport system. (FGR)

The passageway was discovered done quality enactment conducted by agents with the FGR's Criminal Investigation Agency successful coordination with Mexico's Security Cabinet.

Officials said the hunt warrant was executed arsenic portion of an probe into alleged violations of Mexico's firearms and explosives laws arsenic good arsenic drug-related offenses.

Authorities said they judge the spot whitethorn person functioned arsenic a storage, logistics and trafficking halfway for firearms, explosives and illicit drugs.

Mexican national agents determination done an underground passageway discovered successful Tijuana adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border. Authorities said the passageway was utilized to enactment transgression smuggling operations. (FGR)

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Photos released by the FGR look to amusement agents navigating the underground passageway, entree points starring into the passageway and grounds recovered during the operation.

Investigators said they recovered ammunition, suspected methamphetamine, suspected marijuana, compartment phones and assorted documents from the property.

A ladder and entree shaft are seen wrong a spot wherever Mexican authorities uncovered a blase passageway successful Tijuana. (FGR)

Images released by Mexican authorities besides look to amusement ventilation infrastructure wrong the tunnel, underscoring what officials described arsenic a blase operation.

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Suspected narcotics recovered during the passageway probe are displayed by Mexican authorities. Investigators said they besides seized ammunition, compartment phones and documents during the operation. (FGR)

The FGR said its probe indicates the passageway apt connects to a thoroughfare successful San Diego, though authorities person not publically identified the determination oregon confirmed whether the U.S. broadside of the passageway has been located.

Officials described the find arsenic a important stroke to transgression organizations that trust connected underground smuggling routes to determination narcotics and different contraband crossed the border.

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The grounds and spot person been turned implicit to national prosecutors successful Baja California, who volition proceed the investigation.