A 2,918-foot tunnel linking Tijuana to San Diego was shut down by Border Patrol. Equipped with lighting and ventilation, it was used for smuggling drugs.

U.S. Border Patrol agents have shut down a more than half-mile tunnel linking Tijuana to San Diego with the help of U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents and Mexican law enforcement. Authorities have discovered nearly 100 illicit tunnels in the San Diego area since 1993.

U.S. Border Patrol agents shut down the construction of a 2,918-foot-long tunnel connecting Tijuana and San Diego with the aid of Department of Homeland Security officials and Mexican authorities.