Border Patrol agents shut down massive drug smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego

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

Agents recovered the passageway — which linked Tijuana and San Diego — successful aboriginal April portion it was actively nether construction. 

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

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

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U.S. Border Patrol agents precocious discovered and disabled a astir 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling passageway sitting beneath the 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 with 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 the entranceway constituent to the passageway connected Monday wrong a location successful the Nueva Tijuana vicinity in Tijuana. The entranceway had precocious been covered up with freshly laid tile, according to the announcement.

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

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

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

"As we proceed to fortify the nation’s aerial and maritime borderline security, it’s not astonishing that overseas violent organizations would edifice to underground routes," Jeffrey D. Stalnaker, acting main patrol cause of the 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 the San Diego country since 1993. 

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