This month, a 1,000-foot-long tunnel between the United States and Mexico was found and will soon be shut.
When US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents inspected a storm drain system in Texas, they discovered a finished man-made tunnel.
Officials claim that the tunnel connects the US city of El Paso with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, which are divided by the US-Mexico border and the Rio Grande.
According to CBS News, General Jose Lemus, the commander of the military garrison in Ciudad Juarez, declared on Sunday that Mexican authorities will close the 1,000-foot underpass.
In addition, he said that the tunnel’s construction “must have taken a long time”—”it could have been one or two years”—after it was originally found on January 10.
According to the general, the probe is under the jurisdiction of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office, which will also be tasked with figuring out whether authorities were involved in its creation.
According to the CBP, the tunnel is six feet high and four feet wide, has ventilation and lighting, and is supported with wood all the way around to keep it from collapsing.
It occurs as the United States and Mexico fortify border security in anticipation of Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
Officials believe the tunnel could have taken more than a year to dig. Pic: Reuters
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