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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:05 PM Aug 2020

Cross-border tunnel appears to be 'most sophisticated in U.S. history,' officials say

An incomplete tunnel found stretching from Arizona to Mexico appears to be “the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history,” authorities said.

The tunnel intended for smuggling ran from San Luis, Ariz., to a Mexican neighborhood and had a ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring, a rail system and extensive reinforcement, federal officials said Thursday.

“This appears to be the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history, and certainly the most sophisticated I’ve seen in my career,” said Carl E. Landrum, acting chief patrol agent with the Border Patrol’s Yuma sector.

Homeland Security Investigations found the tunnel in late July. A camera was sent 25 feet underground after federal agents discovered a sinkhole in the area of a tunnel investigation, authorities said.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-06/us-border-tunnel-appears-to-be-most-sophisticated

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Cross-border tunnel appears to be 'most sophisticated in U.S. history,' officials say (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2020 OP
Tunnels are older than walls...right? ROFLMAO Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #1
I'd have thought Mexico would have made their wall payments via wire transfers underpants Aug 2020 #4
Damn Now we are trapped here. Trumpocalypse Aug 2020 #2
Melania needs to be more specific in her contracts underpants Aug 2020 #3
The ones you haven't found are more sophisticated greenjar_01 Aug 2020 #5
It's because we don't have a big beautiful wall, right? muntrv Aug 2020 #6

underpants

(182,803 posts)
4. I'd have thought Mexico would have made their wall payments via wire transfers
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 01:11 PM
Aug 2020

But hey Trump always like some wiggle room with his money.....or someone else’s

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