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Tunnel discovered at Arizona border wall by Mexican state police with use of drones

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Updated  December 31, 2024 3:44pm MST
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FOX 10 Phoenix

Drug smuggling tunnel shut down along Arizona border

Authorities say the tunnel ran from Mexico to San Luis in Yuma County. This is the third tunnel discovered near Yuma this year.

The Brief

    • A drone helped Mexican state police find a tunnel that went underneath the border wall in San Luis.
    • The tunnel was secured and closed in a joint operation between the Secretariat of Public Security in Sonora and Customs and Border Protection.
    • According to Mexican authorities, this was the third tunnel found in the Yuma sector this year.

SAN LUIS, Ariz. - The use of a drone helped uncover a tunnel that was under construction at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Luis.

Customs and Border Protection, in a joint operation with the Secretariat of Public Security in Sonora, found and closed the tunnel.

The Secretariat of Public Security in San Luis posted about the discovery the day after Christmas.

According to Mexican authorities, this was the third drug tunnel discovered south of Yuma this year.

In 2020, authorities celebrated after finding what they described as the "most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history." 

It was also found in the San Luis area.

In 2018, a tunnel was discovered that went from a home in Mexico to an abandoned KFC restaurant in San Luis.

The Source: Secretariat of Public Security of Sonora

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