Authorities discover narco-tunnel on U.S.-Mexico border


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 May 2022

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 REUTERS

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - 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.

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