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29. I don't know what the terrain is like in the area of the tunnel,

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #27)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 02:14 PM

Nov 2013

and that would also factor into it. If the border patrol is looking well into Mexico territory in addition to right on the border, then they might have noticed. If not, there are any number of ways to get rid of bore material if they're imaginative.

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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 Nov 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 Nov 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