Two Mexican Officials Arrested in Tunnel Investigation
"Mexican federal police arrested two customs officials and three others on
charges of digging a secret tunnel that was presumably to be used for funneling drugs to the United States, authorities said Wednesday. The tunnel, which stretched about 25 yards on land owned by the Mexican customs authority, did not cross the U.S.-Mexico border. It was about 100 yards from the San Ysidro border crossing, which connects Tijuana and San Diego," KCAL reports. "Authorities have discovered about 40 secret tunnels on the U.S.-Mexico border since they began keeping track after Sept. 11, 2001, the vast majority in and around San Diego and Nogales, Ariz."
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