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petronius

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10. Interesting - that's a big investment of time and money, and

Thu Oct 31, 2013, 11:39 PM

Oct 2013

a lot of drugs to lose in one place. I wonder how long one of these has to operate in order to break even, and if this one turned out to be worth the investment.

I also wonder about the laborers who did the digging - once it's done, do they get to walk away knowing the secret?

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Tunnel linking US and Mexico found [View all] Eugene Oct 2013 OP

Yup, what is local news doing on GD though? nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #1

not necessarily a local story. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #3

Oh very much local nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #4

It's international news. pintobean Nov 2013 #23

I thought it a story Go Vols Nov 2013 #32

exactly. It is international sad-cafe Nov 2013 #37

A tunnel into the US from a foreign country? Matariki Nov 2013 #33

If I posted it nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #36

you do not get bullied sad-cafe Nov 2013 #39

BBC scooped East County Magazine? Brother Buzz Oct 2013 #9

Holy crap. They won an award for their coverage of wind turbines?... SidDithers Nov 2013 #17

To their credit, they dropped the 'causes cancer' nonsense and focused on the fire dangers Brother Buzz Nov 2013 #21

lol treestar Nov 2013 #22

Right. Because a a story about a drug tunnel between 2 countries... SidDithers Nov 2013 #15

How in the world is this local. NCTraveler Nov 2013 #28

What is hyper-local? maddezmom Nov 2013 #30

The invisible hand of the black market. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #2

Indeed nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #5

Huh! Just like in "Weeds". Cleita Oct 2013 #6

Not quite nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #8

"The Bridge" nt kelliekat44 Oct 2013 #7

Interesting - that's a big investment of time and money, and petronius Oct 2013 #10

Great questions, not sure I want to know the answers :( Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #11

That's chump change for a drug cartel Brother Buzz Nov 2013 #12

U.S.-Mexico drug-smuggling tunnel closed in California dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #13

Crazy story. zappaman Nov 2013 #14

Maybe they can hire those guys to build the California high-speed train. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #16

It's amazing that such a tunnel can be built without MineralMan Nov 2013 #18

Set up a fake company of, say, a gravel pit and road construction materials kentauros Nov 2013 #25

I suppose so. MineralMan Nov 2013 #27

I don't know what the terrain is like in the area of the tunnel, kentauros Nov 2013 #29

In the video clip at the linked article . . . markpkessinger Nov 2013 #34

Ah, that would explain it. MineralMan Nov 2013 #35

Legalize weed and put a stop to the export of money. Coyotl Nov 2013 #19

Eggs zactly. zappaman Nov 2013 #20

at least the cartels are providing jobs datasuspect Nov 2013 #24

On the positive side... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2013 #26

!!! zappaman Nov 2013 #31

Can you imagine what they are going to have to do to get rid of the tunnel? davidpdx Nov 2013 #38

What they have done with the rest of them. nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #40

You mean purposefully cave it in? davidpdx Nov 2013 #41

Yup, this is the tunnel of the month nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #42

Thanks for the sources davidpdx Nov 2013 #43

Oh you welcome nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #44