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[SanDiegoUnionTribune] Border Patrol agents found a cross-border tunnel in Otay Mesa early Saturday after dozens of people emerged from it, federal authorities said.
Agents caught seven Mexicans and 23 Chinese nationals who apparently had just been smuggled into the United States through the tunnel, Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ralph DeSio said.
The agents were in the area of the border and Britannia Boulevard about 1:30 a.m. when they saw a large number of people on the street. The people started running when agents approached them, Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Olmos said.
Some of the people tried to get back to the tunnel, leading agents to discover its existence, Olmos said. He did not know if some people succeeded in getting back to Mexico. |