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2026-06-02 Caribbean-Latin America

Hidden tunnel discovered in Tijuana may have supported cross-border trafficking operations

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-02 07:42|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1889 views ] Top
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1 Trump administration names Rosario 'Pete' Vasquez to serve as next US Border Patrol chief

Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-02 07:44|| 2026-06-02 07:44|| Front Page Top

2 Mexican President Blames Far Right for Tensions, Not Trump

Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-02 07:46|| 2026-06-02 07:46|| Front Page Top

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Or!
Given I-5/I-805, has Tijuana become a Gaza type Terrorist access point?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-02 08:40|| 2026-06-02 08:40|| Front Page Top

4 ^ Any substantiating detail that might suggest that?

Last I was in TJ the shacks were built right up to the fence using it for backwall support.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-06-02 09:13|| 2026-06-02 09:13|| Front Page Top

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While Canada has been the #1 access point for Illegal entry by Iranians.
and Mexico in 2025 alone, had more than 1,500 Iranians apprehended by Border Patrol agents.

Plus it is common knowledge, 700+ Iranians caught entering illegally, were released into the U.S. during the Biden Coup.

So now that the Borders are being actually somewhat secured and patrolled.
It would stand to reason the Radicals and those seeking harm to the USA, would seek out other access means.

An as we read here ONE Tijuana Tunnel was found.
I willing to bet that there are likely several others.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-02 11:20|| 2026-06-02 11:20|| Front Page Top

6 Nail them on not complying with environmental regulation filings. /sarc

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-06-02 11:25|| 2026-06-02 11:25|| Front Page Top

7 Tunnels are too $$ valuable for drug shipments to expose them with mass illegal importations, many of which will be arrested and squeal. They're still sending illegals in on panga boats in the Pacific, which are commonly intercepted.

Posted by Frank G 2026-06-02 11:36|| 2026-06-02 11:36|| Front Page Top

8 I willing to bet that there are likely several others.

That'd be a good bet. This has been going on for a long time and it will no doubt continue. Cartels gotta smuggle fentanyl somehow. They can't just sit on all that inventory. But the tunnels can't be easy to dig and they are prone to discovery so with Trump securing the border it must be getting harder to smuggle.

As for Iranians, Chicoms, etc., I would imagine the fees the cartels must charge for human smuggling must also be getting higher, not that it would stop the CCP. Dunno how many are getting through these days.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-06-02 12:12|| 2026-06-02 12:12|| Front Page Top

9 I wonder how similar these are to tunnels found in Gaza and Southern Lebanon?

Posted by EMS Artifact 2026-06-02 14:32|| 2026-06-02 14:32|| Front Page Top

10 From 1991-1995 I was the Commander of the Active Duty California National Guard Counter-Drug Task Force supporting the Border Patrol, US Customs Service and 75 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout California. Our Team Engineer built the initial fencing and cross compartment road network improvements along the 14 mile stretch of US-Mexican Border from the Pacific Ocean to the top of Tin Can Hill in San Diego. We supported the DEA, USCS and the USBP in the discovery of tunneling running from a hangar complex at Tijuana Airport to a commercial trucking warehouse fairly proximate to Otay Mesa Commercial Inspection Facility. It had ventilation, electricity, a rail system, and powered lift inside the US warehouse to assist in moving weight. This was over 30 years ago, and was not the first discovered in that area. The tunnel was deep and well engineered, and it's location was verified by US Military assets from Korea that specialized in locating NORK tunneling activities along the DMZ. This is nothing new, just the latest chapter in a never ending Mexican effort to exploit the American drug appetite. Back then it was the Arellano-Felix cartel and illegals were a small side business, and there was no hint of Chinese involvement, and that part has changed it seems.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-06-02 14:38|| 2026-06-02 14:38|| Front Page Top

11 Have they found the TJ branch that dead-ends in North Georgia? No subway system here, must be a hand dug tunnel.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-02 15:02|| 2026-06-02 15:02|| Front Page Top

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Besoeker
is Ellison's Cave in North West Ga still open after the accidents a few years ago?

I was told it has something like 10+ miles crawling tunnels and is over 1,0000 ft down.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-02 15:47|| 2026-06-02 15:47|| Front Page Top

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