Given the sophistication of this tunnel, it's clear that the people responsible have significant resources at their disposal. |
It was like being in a cavern or a cave. |
It's too early for us to tell whether this one is connected to any previous tunnel. |
Mexican law enforcement officers ran through the tunnel into the United States and ultimately popped up into a warehouse in the United States. |
The tunnel is absolutely amazing. It is probably the biggest tunnel on the southern border so far. |
There is no doubt that an organization like this will take whatever steps necessary to protect their interests, including taking human lives. |
They could have been digging this for years, just looking for a place to come up. |
They didn't know what the air quality or structural integrity might be. Agents had to wade through chest-high water. The first time through was pretty scary. |
This is like being in a really big, long mine shaft. It's really just carved right into the earth. |
This one is just absolutely amazing. It's just huge. It really looks like a professionally done mine shaft. |
This tunnel beats them all. |
We believe this tunnel is, in fact, the largest tunnel ever found on the south-west border. |
We're chasing down investigative leads throughout San Diego and Southern California. At the same time, we're working cooperatively with DEA and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and Mexican authorities in Mexico in the Tijuana area. They're also running down leads. |
We're hoping it has a snowball effect in that it leads to more arrests, or more investigative leads that we are pursuing. |
We're very concerned. When we find these tunnels, we see that as a vulnerability to our national security. |