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Authorities find

longest Southwest

border smuggling tunnel

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities on Wednesday an-
nounced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel
ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more
than three-quarters of a mile from an industrial site in Ti-
juana, Mexico, to the San Diego area.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it featured an
extensive rail/cart system, forced air ventilation, high volt-
age electrical cables and panels, an elevator at the tun-
nel entrance, and a complex drainage system.
"This one blows past (the second-longest)," said Lance
LeNoir, a Border Patrol operations supervisor. "We never
really thought they had the moxie to go that far. They
continue to surprise me." A covered access point leading to a smuggling tunnel is seen on the U.S side of the border wall in
Continued on Page 2 San Diego, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Associated Press