Tunnels Along US-Mexico Border 'Significant and Growing' Threat Edwin Mora - Breitbart
go to original December 14, 2013

A highly sophisticated smuggling tunnel was shut down in late October by federal authorities. The passageway, linking warehouses in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial park and Tijuana, Mexico, is equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system. (The Guardian)

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported that tunnels along the southwest border are a growing and significant threat to security.

According to a report by the DHS OIG released December 11, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, charged with protecting the U.S. borders, lacks the technological capability to detect subterranean tunnels.

“Illicit cross-border tunnels along the southwest border are primarily used by criminals to transport illegal drugs into the United States, and they are a significant and growing threat to border security,” noted the report. “In an effort to counter this threat, CBP has modified its operations through patrols, intelligence gathering, and closing of illicit cross-border tunnels, but it does not yet have the technological capability to detect the tunnels routinely and accurately.”

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