Mexicaanse drugs kartels zijn zeer bekwaam in het bouwen van tunnels onder de Amerikaanse grens om zo drugs naar de USA te smokkelen en het verdiende geld en wapens weer terug naar Mexico te brengen. Nu zit de douane en de Home Land Security hier (letterlijk) boven op en rollen aan de lopende band van deze zeer professionele tunnels op. Bij één zo operatie dit weekeinde werd de 73 jarige Glennys Rodriguez opgepakt omdat ze een leidinggevende rol zou hebben gehad in deze smokkel organisatie. Maar daar meer over in de onderstaande video.
Federal agents unearthed two sophisticated smuggling tunnels linking Otay Mesa to Tijuana and jailed a Chula Vista woman who allegedly helped coordinate the illicit operations, authorities announced Friday. Glennys Rodriguez, 73, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of overseeing logistics for one of the two subterranean passageways, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials reported. Rodriguez is charged in a criminal complaint with conspiring to maintain a “drug-involved premises” and made her initial court appearance in the case on Thursday, according to the government agency.
The San Diego Tunnel Task Force on Tuesday discovered the first underground channel, its northern access point inside a warehouse filled with toys and televisions, at 10145 Via de la Amistad. It is 600 yards long and has a 70-foot shaft that was secured by a concrete cover. Rodriguez’s exact connection to the storehouse was unclear, ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack said.
