U.S. anti-narcotics agents have discovered a drug-smugglers' tunnel running under the U.S.-Mexico border and equipped with a rail track, electricity and ventilation system, the U.S. Department of Justice said
The so-called "narco-tunnel" led from the Mexican city of Tijuana to a warehouse 300 feet from the border in San Diego, California, the department said in a statement.
This photograph shows the inside of a cross-border tunnel between Mexico and the U.S. after the announcement of the discovery May 13, 2022 of a subterranean tunnel inside a warehouse in San Diego, California, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Handout via REUTERSThe attorney general's office for the Mexican state of Baja California, where Tijuana is located, told Reuters U.S. authorities had notified them of the discovery Sunday, two days after it was found.
Since 1993, close to 100 tunnels have been found in the same area, most recently in March 2020, U.S. prosecutors said.
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