Committee gives preliminary OK to bill toughening penalties for border tunnels

Citing the high number of cross-border tunnels that pop up in Arizona and California, a House committee Tuesday passed a bill toughening laws against the use of tunnels for smuggling underneath the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Drug tunnel manager sentenced

Fernando Javier Alarid, who helped operate a sophisticated drug tunnel uncovered in 2010 in South County, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison.

El Cajon man sentenced in drug tunnel case
SAN DIEGO — An El Cajon man who pleaded guilty in a case involving a cross-border drug-smuggling tunnel discovered on Thanksgiving Day 2010 was sentenced Monday to 14 years in ... U.S. legislative committee approves project against border tunnels!
The project seeks to convert the building plot or financing a border tunnel and allow authorities to confiscate the property! [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tunnels between Mexico and USA"][/caption] The Senate Judiciary ... Mexican Drug Smugglers Go Underground With Surprisingly Sophisticated Tunnels
Nov. 30, 2011: A Mexican army soldier stands next to an elevator shaft that lowers into a tunnel in the northern border city of Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. authorities said they ... Mexican Army Finds Tunnel in Border City
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army says it has found a 50-yard long tunnel starting under a building in the northern city of Nogales, which is across the border ... Tons of drugs found in U.S.-Mexico border tunnel
More than 36 tons of marijuana were discovered in what’s being called the “most sophisticated tunnel on the border” between Mexico and the United States, a U.S. drug enforcement source said on Friday. [caption ... Mergers and Acquisitions in Tijuana
While many sources are claiming that the tunnel discovered in Otay Mesa, San Diego, on November 29, 2011, belonged to the Sinaloa Cartel, and it's much publicized leader, Chapo Guzman, ... Narco-Tunnel suspects refused Bail by Federal Judge
Two of the people accused in connection with what authorities say was the most sophisticated drug tunnel ever discovered between California and Mexico appeared before a federal judge Thursday. [caption id="" ... The Tunnels of Alfredo Arteaga “El Aquiles"
A tunnel beginning near the Tijuana airport was uncovered Tuesday night (11/29/11). This was the 2nd tunnel found in the same area within the month of November. This one is ...
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