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Catching Cartels: Cracking Down on Smuggling Tunnels | Bradley on the Border
An elaborate cross-border underground tunnel running from Tijuana to San Diego, and believed to be used to move cocaine and other contraband between Mexico and the United States, has been discovered by federal investigators. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office say the passageway wasn’t a dirt tunnel, but a well-lit passageway equipped with a ventilation system and an electronic rail track capable of moving cargo over the border.
Officials say that the tunnel may be an underground smuggling superhighway used by one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels to easily move massive amounts of illicit drugs and possibly humans and weapons across the southern border illegally. In this episode of "Bradley on the Border," Ali Bradley sits down with Robert Almonte, a former U.S. marshal and cartel specialist. He tells Bradley that the use of tunnels by Mexican drug cartels is nothing new and is just another way that those criminal organizations are working to remain one step ahead of federal law enforcement. “No matter what we do on the border, the Mexican cartels are not going away and that’s why we need to stay on their heels and not let them catch their breath,” Almonte said.
Chapter Summary
:00 Intro
1:06 Meet Robert
2:00 Are the tunnels becoming more sophisticated?
3:40 Are cartels ramping up operations?
4:45 Tunnels under U.S. neighborhoods
6:23 Rivaling cartels
9:24 Detecting tunnels
11:23 Mexico’s efforts to crack down on cartel tunnels
13:05 Final thoughts
Bradley on the border description information:
Host: Ali Bradley
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
Field Producer: Travis Harrison
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Associate Producer: Will Tomasi
Editor: Rita Cripe
On "Bradley on the Border," NewsNation's Ali Bradley shows what it's like along the southern border and across the country as law enforcement agencies work to combat human and drug smuggling and enforce immigration policies.
NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
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By NewsNationAn elaborate cross-border underground tunnel running from Tijuana to San Diego, and believed to be used to move cocaine and other contraband between Mexico and the United States, has been discovered by federal investigators. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office say the passageway wasn’t a dirt tunnel, but a well-lit passageway equipped with a ventilation system and an electronic rail track capable of moving cargo over the border.
Officials say that the tunnel may be an underground smuggling superhighway used by one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels to easily move massive amounts of illicit drugs and possibly humans and weapons across the southern border illegally. In this episode of "Bradley on the Border," Ali Bradley sits down with Robert Almonte, a former U.S. marshal and cartel specialist. He tells Bradley that the use of tunnels by Mexican drug cartels is nothing new and is just another way that those criminal organizations are working to remain one step ahead of federal law enforcement. “No matter what we do on the border, the Mexican cartels are not going away and that’s why we need to stay on their heels and not let them catch their breath,” Almonte said.
Chapter Summary
:00 Intro
1:06 Meet Robert
2:00 Are the tunnels becoming more sophisticated?
3:40 Are cartels ramping up operations?
4:45 Tunnels under U.S. neighborhoods
6:23 Rivaling cartels
9:24 Detecting tunnels
11:23 Mexico’s efforts to crack down on cartel tunnels
13:05 Final thoughts
Bradley on the border description information:
Host: Ali Bradley
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Medick
Field Producer: Travis Harrison
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Associate Producer: Will Tomasi
Editor: Rita Cripe
On "Bradley on the Border," NewsNation's Ali Bradley shows what it's like along the southern border and across the country as law enforcement agencies work to combat human and drug smuggling and enforce immigration policies.
NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp
Find us on your screen: https://www.joinnn.com/