Longest Drug Smuggling Tunnel Ever Was Discovered At The Southern Border

Posted On January 30, 2020

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Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday announced they’ve found the ‘longest illicit cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border.’

The site connects an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico to an area in San Diego, California. The tunnel is nearly a mile long 4,309 ft to be exact. The CBP released a statement telling the press what they found.

“It includes an extensive rail/cart system, forced air ventilation, high voltage electrical cables and panels, an elevator at the tunnel entrance, and a complex drainage system.”

The dimensions of the tunnel look something like this. It is about 70 feet underground and is about 5 feet 5 inches tall by 2 feet wide.
The tunnel was discovered in late August by CBP and their partners.
Mexican law enforcement identified the entrance
Members of the San Diego Tunnel Task Force (SDTTF) began mapping it out.

“The sophistication of this tunnel demonstrates the determination and monetary resources of the cartels”

– John W. Callery (Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Agent in Charge)

Cardell T. Morant the Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego in a statement told us why it matters: “While subterranean tunnels are not a new occurrence along the California-Mexico border, the sophistication and lengths of this particular tunnel demonstrates the time-consuming efforts transnational criminal organizations will undertake to facilitate cross-border smuggling.”