The tunnel was located in an industrial area a half-mile from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and was concealed by a small industrial building, according to a news release by the U.S. Border Patrol San Diego sector and its partners.
The tunnel, which begins in Tijuana, Mexico, was located in an industrial area a half-mile from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and was concealed by a small industrial building, according to a Wednesday news release by the U.S. Border Patrol San Diego sector and its partners.
The tunnel along the Southwest border"travels north into the U.S. bending slightly west and extending an astonishing 4,068 ft. from the border, with a total length of 4,309 feet," the news release said. Handout photo taken Oct. 30, 2019 and released Jan. 28, 2020, shows the longest illicit cross-border narco-tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border. The tunnel is around five and a half feet tall by two feet wide and 4,309 feet long."They could've smuggled any ... contraband they wanted to," Heitke said Wednesday."They'll try anything they can to get their illicit products into the United States.
Authorities said the second-longest tunnel in the U.S., which was found in San Diego in 2014, was a little less than 3,000 feet long.
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