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Massive drug smuggling tunnel shut down by Border Patrol

Half-mile drug-smuggling tunnel connecting Tijuana to San Diego shut down by Border Patrol

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.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 4d

Border Patrol finds massive drug-smuggling tunnel that linked Mexico to US

Federal law enforcement in San Diego, California, found a long, cross-border tunnel that linked Tijuana, Mexico, to the U.S. Though incomplete, the tunnel was intended to be a secret avenue for Mexican drug cartels to move narcotics north, unbeknownst to U.S. authorities, Customs and Border Protection announced late Wednesday.

USA TODAY on MSN · 3d

'Drug smuggling' tunnel connecting Mexico to US discovered

The tunnel was just over half a mile long and extended more than 1,000 feet into U.S. territory, border officials said.

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US sanctions leadership of Mexico’s Jalisco cartel

The Trump administration has imposed economic sanctions on five high-ranking members of Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New ...

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Facts, not fear: Inside Mexico's pioneering drug harm reduction programs

MEXICO CITY — Under warm strobe ... tested his ecstasy at a recent festival. He said that drug testing kits are available in the United States, where he’s from, but that in his experience ...

The Hill1mon

US sanctions Mexican cartel linked to drug trafficking

“The United States remains committed to protecting our nation and the American people by keeping poisonous drugs like fentanyl off our streets and disrupting the revenue streams profiting Mexico ...

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Close ally of drug kingpin 'El Mencho' gets 30 years in prison as US ramps up pressure on cartels

Two close associates of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as "El Mencho" have been brought to justice in a U.S.

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Trump Pressures Mexico to Crack Down on Corrupt Politicians Tied to Cartels

The Trump administration is urging Mexico to investigate and prosecute politicians allegedly linked to organized crime, with ...

The Hill1mon

Mexico’s president says she denied Trump offer to target cartels with US troops

“But you in your territory and us in ours ... result of drugs being smuggled across the southern border. Sheinbaum has allowed the U.S. to conduct drone flights over Mexico to locate fentanyl ...

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First face-to-face between leaders of U.S., Mexico will have to wait

Sheinbaum was not the only world leader stood up by Trump, but she has developed one of the more intriguing relationships ...

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Are China, Canada, and Mexico really to blame for fentanyl?

For instance, US-Mexico drug policy cooperation reached a nadir after the US arrest of a former Mexican defense minister accused of drug trafficking in 2020. Mexico’s previous president ...

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First Trump targeted Mexico’s drug cartels. Now it’s the musicians who sing about them

As one of six Mexican drug cartels the Trump administration has declared Foreign Terrorist Organizations, the Jalisco cartel is at the center of growing US-Mexico tensions over cross-border ...

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Lawyer who once represented drug kingpin El Chapo wins judge post in Mexico

A lawyer who once represented drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has won a judgeship in the northern Mexican state of ...

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