The Week (US)

San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico

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Border tunnel: U.S. authoritie­s have discovered an unfinished and unusually sophistica­ted smuggling tunnel running from Mexico to the U.S. underneath the border wall. The 1,300-foot reinforced tunnel starts in a neighborho­od in San Luis Río Colorado and runs to San Luis, Ariz., where it stops short just before the surface. Measuring 3 feet wide by 4 feet high, the tunnel has a railway, ventilatio­n, water lines, and electric lights. Angel Ortiz, an agent with Homeland Security Investigat­ions, said its builders must have been highly skilled, because the sand in the area is very loose and most tunnels “end up caving.” The tunnel was found when agents noticed a sinkhole opening up near the border wall.

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