Drug Tunnels Are Becoming A Huge Problem With Mexican Drug Cartels
By Audrey Howard on December 4, 2010, 11:40 am
Sheely thinks the first step is awareness. “Americans need to be aware of the violence going on in Mexico and how it is affecting the United States.” The majority of drug use in the United States is supporting the drug cartels in Mexico. Sheely thinks that Americans who use illegal drugs are aware that they are coming form Mexico but they are not aware of the violence and killing that happens in order to smuggle the drugs across the border.
Intelligence Packages
Based in the US embassy in Mexico City and in consulates along the US-Mexican border, for example in Matamoros, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration deliver “intelligence packages” about the location of drug bosses to the Mexican marines, The Post said.
Cat And Mouse Game
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Tim Durst said: "To an extent this is somewhat of a cat and mouse game. As long as there's demand for the supply of drugs in the United States then the drug smuggling organizations will continue to find a way to smuggle drugs into the United States."
Warehouse Tunnels
In November, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unearthed two major drug tunnels that ran between Tijuana and San Diego. The underground passages ran to and from warehouses on both the US and Mexico sides right underneath the Tijuana crossing. Officials said that the Sinaloa cartel, which is headed by most-wanted list member Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is behind the tunnels and that they did a fairly good job of disguising the warehouses as legitimate businesses.
At Least 40 Tunnels Have Been Discovered
Tunnel passages across an international border into the United States have become a real problem. There are 40 such tunnels that have been discovered since 9/11, and the great bulk of them are on the southern border. Large-scale smuggling of drugs, weapons, and immigrants takes place today through these tunnels. One tunnel running from San Diego to Tijuana was marked by inordinate sophistication. It was a half mile long. It went 60 to 80 feet deep, 8 feet tall. It had a concrete floor. It was wired for electricity. It had drainage. At one end, 300 pounds of marijuana were found, and at the other end, 300 pounds of marijuana. What was interesting is that the California entry into the tunnel was a very modern warehouse, a huge warehouse compartmented but empty and kept empty for a year. In one office there was a hatch in the floor. It looked much like the hatch which Saddam had secreted himself in. But lifting that hatch disclosed a very sophisticated tunnel. It went under other buildings all the way across the double fence into Mexico and up in Mexico in a building as well.
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