Border Patrol Agents Shut Down Massive Drug Smuggling Tunnel Between Tijuana And San Diego

U.S. Border Patrol agents precocious discovered and abnormal a astir 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling passageway sitting beneath nan US-Mexico border.

Agents recovered nan passageway — which linked Tijuana and San Diego — successful early April while it was actively nether construction. 

The underground passageway ran nether portion of nan Otay Mesa Port of Entry and had a projected exit constituent adjacent aliases wrong a commercialized storage abstraction successful San Diego, according to an announcement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Upon entering nan "highly sophisticated" tunnel, authorities were met pinch barricades seemingly placed to forestall law enforcement from uncovering its entrance, nan announcement noted.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents precocious discovered and abnormal a astir 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling passageway sitting beneath nan US-Mexico border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

The passageway — which reached depths of astir 50 feet underground astatine its deepest constituent — measured 2,918 feet long, 42 inches gangly and 28 inches wide. It was equipped pinch lighting, electrical wiring, ventilation systems and a way strategy for transporting ample amounts of contraband.

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Border Patrol agents — moving alongside Homeland Security Investigations and Government of Mexico authorities — recovered nan entranceway constituent to nan passageway connected Monday wrong a location successful nan Nueva Tijuana vicinity in Tijuana. The entranceway had precocious been covered up pinch freshly laid tile, according to nan announcement.

U.S. Border Patrol agents precocious discovered and abnormal a astir 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling passageway sitting beneath nan US-Mexico border. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

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Thousands of gallons of actual will soon beryllium poured into nan passageway to forestall it from being utilized by Foreign Terrorist Organizations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection noted.

Traffic backs up nan San Ysidro Southbound Inspection arsenic group participate Tijuana, Mexico astatine nan Otay Mesa Port of Entry connected May 3, 2025, successful San Diego, California.  (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

"As we proceed to fortify nan nation’s aerial and maritime separator security, it’s not astonishing that overseas violent organizations would edifice to underground routes," Jeffrey D. Stalnaker, acting main patrol supplier of nan San Diego Sector, said successful a statement. "Disruption of narcotics smuggling tunnels is captious to protecting American lives."

More than 95 tunnels person been decommissioned successful nan San Diego area since 1993. 

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.