Longest smuggling tunnel in Southwest discovered in San Diego County
Authorities announced Wednesday the discovery of the longest cross-border drug tunnel in history, stretching nearly one mile from the Tijuana airport into the United States.
That investigation began in the United States then crossed into Mexico, where the entrance to the tunnel was discovered in August near the northeastern corner of Tijuana International Airport.Members of the San Diego Tunnel Task Force then began to map Baja Metro by dropping down into it and trying to follow it, which led agents back into the U.S., investigators said.
“At the time of the discovery, the tunnel did not reach the surface into the United States, but evidence strongly suggests that tunnel was previously operational,” said Deputy Chief Border Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke.
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