Tunnel Clarification

November 9, 2008

On Friday the Yuma Sun reported that the Border Patrol had been alerted to the possibility "of a tunnel at a home on the east side of San Luis, Ariz., and went to investigate."

The paper went on to say, "According to La Prensa, a newspaper in San Luis Rio Colorado, Son., the entrance to the tunnel on the Mexican side of the border was in an abandoned apartment building along Avenue Capitan Carlos G Calles (which was previously known as International Avenue) between 13th Street and 14th Street."

American Border Patrol provided an analysis that suggested that such a tunnel would required the excavation of more than 6,000 tons of dirt. "This seemed totally impossible," said Glenn Spencer of ABP.

Now we have learned (see below) that the tunnel that had started in Mexico hadn’t even reached the border and was at least 1200 feet short of its goal.

Spencer said that those who warn that tunnels could be used to defeat the border fence don’t understand the U.S./Mexico border. "There are very few places between El Paso and the Pacific Ocean where a tunnel exit could be hidden," Spencer said, "and I would try tunneling under the Rio Grande River.

REPORT ON TUNNEL STARTING POINT

An anonymous call led to the finding by Mex. military of a "narco tunnel" under construction in San Luis Rio Colorado (just south of Yuma AZ); the tunnel had not yet reached the international border and is in a house on the border alley between 13th and 14th Sts. and just two blocks from the local Dep’t. of Justice office. The house has been taken over by AFI (Mex. FBI equiv.), PFP (Fed. Preventive Police) and Mex. army personnel.

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