Tunnel With Purpose
This tunnel was of great use for the smugglers as about illegal drugs worth tens of millions of dollars had been transported through this very route. No matter which government came in power, the smuggling of drugs did not stop, thanks to the tunnels of these kinds. The exit at the San Diego warehouse and the entry point inside a wardrobe in Tijuana made it impossible for anyone to track them.
Something To Share
Though there is no clarity over when this tunnel was built, Margarita Ontiveros working at a legal firm located around the tunnel exit has something to share. She said, the work of wooden pallet begun a year ago. She recalled, “They loaded and unloaded a lot of pallets.”
Tip-Off
How did the authority find out about the tunnel? Duffy explains, “The investigation began with an astute border patrol agent who identified this business as suspicious,” She added, “They began monitoring this location and saw the people here conducting dry runs.”
Heavy Traffic
What made investigators grow more suspicious was the heavy traffic concentrated in that particular area. Duffy is “fairly confident” that there would have been many drug-load in this month. She also did not deny the possibility that some of them would have gone unchecked.
Not Rare
It may come as a surprise to you but tunnels of this kind is a common sight on the border. Authorities have managed to find 13 tunnels since 2006. Even though the police was keeping an eye on San Diego warehouse for a whole year, they still were not sure as to for how long was the tunnel in operations. Authorities though suspected that one of the tunnels were taken in use by defamed drug dealer El Chapo.