Mexicali – Army troops found a tunnel running between 30 meters and 50 meters (98 feet and 164 feet) that was used to move drugs and illegal immigrants under the U.S.-Mexican border.
The tunnel was built in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, and is about three kilometers (1.8 miles) from a U.S. immigration control post.
The tunnel was constructed to look like a drainage pipe, 2nd Military Zone commander Gen. Gilberto Landeros Briseño said.
The tunnel, which is about one meter (3.2 feet) deep, has a ventilation system, electricity, two lights and a wood ceiling.
Since the mid-1990s, authorities have discovered tunnels in Tijuana, Tecate and Mexicali, the border cities mainly used to smuggle illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States.
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