Are Engineers Behind Drug Smuggling Super Tunnel? Justin McGar - Sourceable
go to original November 6, 2013

One of the most sophisticated drug smuggling tunnels ever built, featuring lighting and an underground railway system, has been discovered under the US-Mexico border. (The Telegraph)

Cross Border Tunnel Connecting Mexico to USA

The tunnel, which links warehouses in Tijuana, Mexico with San Diego, California, may have taken years to complete and vast sums of money to fund. It is fitted out with high-tech lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system.

“They’ve worked very hard over a year, maybe two years to build a tunnel of this sophistication. It’s taken hundreds of thousands of man hours and millions of dollars to complete,” said Bill Sherman of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

US Attorney Laura Duffy said the advanced designs would have needed input from experts who knew what they were doing.

“They are hi-tech, they include railways, push carts, ventilation systems, and hydraulically-controlled steel doors,” she said.

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