Taco de Baja
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What good is a fence, when you can just tunnel your way in?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sbriefs26.2feb26,1,3...
| Quote: | Feb. 26, 2005
U.S. Border Patrol agents Friday discovered a tunnel leading from Mexicali, Mexico, to Calexico in an area where two subterranean passages were found
in the last 15 months, authorities said.
The 3-foot-by-3-foot wood-lined tunnel was found using high-tech earth-probing equipment. The tunnel, 20 feet underground  , appeared to have a ventilation system.
An excavation was underway to search for tunnel openings. No arrests have been made, authorities said |
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tunnel1mar01,1,55188...
| Quote: | March 1, 2005
SAN DIEGO ? U.S. and Mexican authorities investigating a cross-border tunnel found the entrance in a middle-class residence in Mexicali, Mexico, and
believe the passage ends about 100 yards north in a residential area of Calexico, Calif.
U.S. federal agents asked a judge for a search warrant Monday to enter a home near the border fence with Mexico. It was the third tunnel discovered in
the area in 15 months.
Authorities suspect the tunnel was used to ferry drugs across the border.
"It appears to be one of the most sophisticated and elaborately constructed tunnels that we have discovered to date," said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman
for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The 3-foot-by-5-foot passage, which started in a back bedroom of the Mexicali home, is equipped with ventilation and lighting systems, and lined with
wood beams for support.
Outside the entrance, a closed-circuit camera system provided security, Mexican authorities said.
The residence was found abandoned, and no arrests have been made.
The tunnel was discovered last week by U.S. federal agents using high-tech earth-probing equipment that detects subterranean anomalies.
Because of the possibility of a tunnel collapse, agents used a robot to pinpoint the location of the tunnel exit on the U.S. side.
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woody with a view
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What good is a fence?
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how else would you know how far you needed to tunnel?
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Gypsy Jan
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Pretty soon,
the border will have a labor pool of the most experienced tunnel diggers in the world.
The South African diamond miners will look lazy and inexperienced by comparison.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Taco de Baja
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If they dig enough tunnels side-by-side, we could have a border moat!
Goes to show you what a couple of billion $ in drug money will get you though.
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