The Border Patrol has discovered yet more tunnels along the United States/Mexico border. This indicates that smugglers are coming up with yet more creative ways to smuggle goods and people along the border. The article explains that the Border Patrol covers each hole they find, but as they find out, these tunnels are not so easy to stop.
“Over the last four years, at least 51 unauthorized tunnels, or more than one a month, have been found in the two border cities. Some are short, narrow passageways that require those navigating them to slither. Others are long, sophisticated underground thoroughfares strung with electric cables and ventilation hoses”.[1]
The article also refers to the city of Nolgales, saying “the city handed over patrol duties to the Border Patrol, which has installed underground cameras and motion detectors.” [2] It also trails off, implying that the discoveries made now are only beginning.
Comments:
The Border Patrol is correct in assuming that these tunnels that they have seen are only the few they can find; even with underground technology, one cannot find all the tunnels simply because it is too much for our forces to find. There may be tunnels everyone else, but terrain conditions are not very favorable for tunnels here in the South Texas, with exception to the Starr County area, as the rest of the Valley is either flood-prone or is buried with wildlife and the Rio Grande River that no one allows to be disturbed.
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