Smuggler tunnels probe for U.S. border weakness

CNN
February 23, 2011

As night falls, U.S border patrol agents know smugglers will use the dark to sneak into the country with illegal immigrants and drugs — both above and below ground.

Under the Arizona border city of Nogales is a network of tunnels — some built as part of the city’s flood defenses, others built by the smugglers.

U.S. Border Patrol agent Michael Camdron says: “We’re usually trying to see some sign that someone’s been coming through, pushing bundles of marijuana or something like that.”

Read entire article

This article was posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 7:22 am

---

---

---

---