The longest smuggling tunnel that stretches from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico to San Diego has been discovered. Known as the Baja metro tunnel it is longer than three-quarters of a mile. The tunnel, which was discovered by US authorities has an extensive rail-cart system, forced air ventilation, high voltage electric cables and panels, an elevator at the entrance and a drainage system.
According to the shocked authorities, the length of the tunnel is more than 14 football fields. No suspects, drugs or other suspicious material was found in or around the tunnel.
Cardell Morant, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Diego said that subterranean tunnels along the US-Mexico border aren't a new occurrence. But the “sophistication and length of this particular tunnel demonstrates the time-consuming efforts transnational criminal organizations will undertake to facilitate cross-border smuggling complication,” he added.
Further investigations about the tunnel, which took many years and the help of several agencies are on.
The tunnel is approximately 5 and a half feet tall, 2 feet wide and has an average depth of 70 feet from the surface.
Mexican drug cartels sending deadly drugs across the border to the US has been an ongoing problem.
