Inside the Secret High-Tech Drug Cartel Tunnels Under the US-Mexico Border Mimi Yagoub - InSight Crime
go to original November 12, 2015

What it's like down inside this sophisticated tunnel, one of the pipelines fueling a massive drug smuggling operation. (ABC News)

Mexico's cartels continue to flaunt their engineering capabilities with the discovery of a drug trafficking tunnel on the US-Mexico border, drawing further attention to the growing power of one of the country's younger criminal organizations.

Mexican authorities discovered an 800-metre long "narcotunnel" on the border between Tijuana and San Diego, simultaneously seizing around 10 tons of marijuana destined for the United States.

Sixteen men between 21 and 50 years of age were arrested on site. They later admitted to involvement in drug trafficking and to having links with what appears to be the Jalisco Cartel - New Generation (CJNG), according to Proceso.

The 10-metre deep tunnel was built with a railway line for transporting drugs, lighting, ventilation and metal support beams. The entrance was located in a Tijuana neighborhood after weeks of police investigation.

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