It is a suspected smuggling tunnel and only visible and accessible from the river. The tunnel sits on property that belongs to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is about 2,000 feet from the Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 3 pump station. Reportedly, the Marine unit of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found the Hidalgo tunnel almost two weeks ago.
Upon its discovery, federal authorities contacted Othal Brand, Jr., the utility company’s president to ascertain if the water district could collapse the tunnel. Brand, however, told them this was a complex operation and, given the construction and location of the underground structure, it required explosion experts, according to the Rio Grande Guardian.
He praised the Marine Unit of CBP for finding it. “Boots on the ground would not have seen it. Helicopters would not have found it. Drones, sensors, would never have found it. You could only see it from the river. They looked at the cliff and found it. It was all covered up with bamboo and brush. It looked kind of dry, which alerted them to it.”
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This wasn't built with 5 gallon buckets and flashlights.
ReplyDeletePut mines on this side about 3/4 of the way in. Wire it to entrance to blow and trap everyone in there. Keep doing it...they'll learn.
ReplyDeletebooby trap it with trip lines lasers that expel gas
ReplyDeleteWe need armed Navy or Coast Guard patrol boats on the Rio Grande to watch for tunnel builders and swimmers.
ReplyDeleteIt's a federal waterway overseen by the Coast Guard, the people who go to the high seas for drug interdiction and illegal immigration via the water, so beef up the USCG monitoring on the river, too.
ReplyDeleteSo a wall here would have been useless?
ReplyDeleteOh That's how Pelosi got in !!!
ReplyDeleteClaymores work well in these areas !!!!
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