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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Mexican Drug Tunnel Exits in U.S. Warehouse Run by Illegal Aliens Near CBP Crossing

2020-04-16

[Judicial Watch] Mexican drug smugglers are really getting bold. A cross-border tunnel recently discovered by U.S. authorities exits in a San Diego warehouse right next to a busy Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port of entry. It gets better. The southern California warehouse is manned by Illegal immigrants even though it is situated just a few hundred yards from a hectic border crossing staffed with federal agents around the clock.

A Mexican national with legal residency has been arrested and charged in connection to the operation, federal prosecutors announced this month. His name is Rogelio Flores Guzman and he helped construct the tunnel, which runs 2,000 feet from a Tijuana warehouse to the south San Diego depot. The U.S. has charged the 31-year-old with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana via a subterranean tunnel stretching from Mexico to a warehouse in Otay Mesa. When authorities entered the tunnel, they found around 575 packages of drugs worth nearly $30 million, according to a bulletin issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ). This sets a record because it marks the first time that five different types of drugs are found in a tunnel, according to the feds.

Agents from a special tunnel task force confiscated 394 packages containing 585 kilograms of cocaine; 133 packages containing 1,355 kilograms of marijuana; 40 packages containing 39.12 kilograms of methamphetamine; Seven packages containing 7.74 kilograms of heroin and one package containing 1.1 kilograms of fentanyl. "Cross-border tunnels always spark fascination, but in reality they are a very dangerous means for major drug dealers to move large quantities of narcotics with impunity until we intervene," said the federal prosecutor in charge of the case, U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer. "We have seized this tunnel, confiscated almost $30 million in drugs and now we’ve charged one of the alleged crew members."

Posted by:Besoeker

#8 If you waited for them to use it, and burnt them out with napalm or something, who would know ? I mean it's a secret tunnel, right ?

Posted by: Dron66046 2020-04-16 23:50

#7 I'm pretty sure that's SOP (the confiscation) along with the celebratory posting of a cement filling of the tunnel

Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-16 16:31

#6 People will always bitch and moan, but I'd confiscate the property along the border for a new sea level canal, using illegals who cross the border while they await their hearings. Paid going labor rates (and room and board). Reread the 13th, there is an exception in there. Did they enter legally? No. They broke the law.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-16 16:21

#5 My California National Guard Task Force had personnel supporting all 5 of the Ports of Entry on the US/Mexico Border, including the commercial inspection Port at Otay Mesa. In 93 I was invited to visit a Customs/USBP/DEA discovered tunnel in a warehouse proximate to the Port just opposite the end of the runway of the Tijuana Airport in Mexico, where there was a cluster of warehouses on the Mexican side. The tunnel had a hydraulic lift and went down about 30 feet and had a rail cart system, lighting and ventilation connecting over to Mexico. Both warehouses were owned by the same US cit of Mexican heritage, who also owned the interstate freight system the warehouse used. This had been going on a very long time...

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-04-16 16:09

#4 GONNA give these turd checks???

Posted by: ranture 2020-04-16 13:55

#3 nahhhh it's just more $$ profitable and less hassle to handle/traffic Coke, Meth, etc.

Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-16 11:03

#2 ..you write that as though you think the cartel is collecting state and local taxes (which the pols do tax handsomely).

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-16 10:33

#1 I'm amazed that the cartels still significantly traffic marijuana, given the available legal American supplies. The bulk weight (& volume) vs profits should be a deterrent, you'd think, compared to the other shit

Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-16 10:16

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