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  US finds major cross-border tunnel used to smuggle drugs
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Last EditedRP  Apr 01, 2020 03:55pm
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News DateMar 31, 2020 02:30pm
DescriptionA large haul of drugs, including opioids, methamphetamine and cocaine, being smuggled from Mexico to California was seized from a cross-border tunnel equipped with ventilation, lighting and an underground rail system, authorities said Tuesday.

The tunnel was built near a vaunted double-layered border wall constructed under President Donald Trump's watch, illustrating the limitations of such barriers against sophisticated drug smuggling organizations.

While border walls built under Trump go underground to deter digging, they are not nearly deep enough to stop the most advanced secret passageways.
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