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Mexican police smashed their way into a narco tunnel stretching across the US-Mexico border
Mexican police smashed their way into a narco tunnel stretching across the US-Mexico border
Christopher WoodyApr 21, 2016, 00:25 IST
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The tunnel discovered in late March connected a restaurant in Mexico with a residential home in Calexico, California, stretching more than 400 yards.Google MapsIn late March, US federal officials shut down a smuggling tunnel stretching more than 400 yards from Mexicali, Mexico, to Calexico, California, arresting four people and seizing more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana.
The tunnel's entrance on the Mexican side of the border was under the floor in El Sarape restaurant, and the opening on the US side was found under a tile floor in the front room of a three-bedroom home at 902 E. Third Street, located about 300 yards from the border.
In the video below, posted by Baja California-based magazine Zeta, Mexican federal police are seen smashing through the tile floor of the restaurant in Mexicali, pulling out the plug used to seal the entrance, and inspecting the tunnel.
The US entrance to a cross-border tunnel connecting Mexicali, Mexico, and Calexico, California, discovered in March 2016US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
